Look to Lincoln's Interactions with Black Americans to Understand His Racial Attitudes
Six weeks after Lincoln’s death, Frederick Douglass described him as “emphatically the black man’s president, the first chief executive “to show any respect...
Nov 11, 2021
Historic Environmental Preservation Class Hosts IHPA’s Amy Hathaway
In February, 2016, Amy Hathaway, National Register and Survey Specialist for the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency visited Dr. Devin Hunter’s Graduate...
Nov 11, 2021
Graduate Students Collaborate with Illinois Executive Mansion
Dr. Devin Hunter’s Material Culture class visited the Illinois Executive Mansion on September 16, 2015. The Graduate students are collaborating with the...
Nov 11, 2021
Ken Owen Hosts Monthly Podcast on Early American History
Dr. Ken Owen hosts a monthly podcast on subjects relating to early American History. A few subjects covered recently include: “The Constitution,” “Thomas...
Nov 10, 2021
UIS Department of History conducts inaugural History Harvest
The Harvest was a great success! See the results, at the online archive and exhibit.
On October 22, 2016, students from Dr. Devin Hunter’s...
Nov 10, 2021
Dr. Michael Burlingame attends commissioning of the U.S.S. Illinois
Dr. Burlingame, the Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies at UIS, attended the commissioning of the U.S.S. Illinois, a new fast-...
