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SUMMARY:Lives in Code: Stories of African American Resilience
LOCATION:The Urbana Free Library\nThe Urbana Free Library
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DESCRIPTION:Join historian and educator\, Caroline Kisiel\, for a history 
 of the Illinois Black Codes\, sponsored by the Illinois Humanities Road Sc
 holar Speaker Bureau..\nhttps://urbanafreelibrary.libnet.info/event/850477
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>As the home of celebrated champions of fre
 edom such as Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama\, it is often surprising for
  Illinoisans to learn about the long history of slavery\, racial segregati
 on\, and exclusion in Illinois&rsquo\;s past.</p>\n<p>Federally obligated 
 by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 to pass its constitution as a free stat
 e in 1818\, residents in the region prior to Illinois statehood had practi
 ced slavery and indentured servitude since the 1700s. This laid the ground
 work for a series of harsh laws passed post-statehood called the Illinois 
 Black Codes\, which regulated the lives of enslaved people\, indentured se
 rvants\, and free Blacks in Illinois from 1819-1865 &ndash\; a period of 4
 6 years.</p>\n<p>Caroline Kisiel is a public historian and educator who ha
 s been teaching for over 25 years. With a background in immigration law\, 
 literature\, history\, storytelling\, and performance\, Kisiel writes and 
 presents on early-Illinois history and is currently conducting research on
  the role of Albion\, Illinois in the struggle to keep Illinois slavery-fr
 ee in the early years of statehood as well as research on stories of Afric
 an American resilience under the Illinois Black Codes.</p>\n<p>Kisiel show
 cases researched information and historical documents\, and facilitates au
 dience engagement activities around questions of the value of history and 
 activism through themes of early Illinois struggles to keep slavery at bay
  in the state\, the fight for African American rights\, and key early Illi
 nois figures in this period who fought against racism and exclusion&mdash\
 ;and persevered despite the odds.</p>\n<p><em>This event is being produced
  in partnership with <a href="https://www.ilhumanities.org/about-us/" targ
 et="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Illinois Humanities</strong></a>. The <
 strong><a href="https://www.ilhumanities.org/program/road-scholars-speaker
 s-bureau/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Illinois Humanities Road Scholar
 s Speakers Bureau</a></strong> invites Illinois authors\, artists\, and ed
 ucations to share their expertise and enthusiasm with people throughout th
 e state\, enabling local nonprofit organizations to present free-admission
  cultural programs to their communities.</em></p>\nhttps://urbanafreelibra
 ry.libnet.info/event/8504773
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