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>> okay, good >> okay, good morning. first of all, let me do a sound check. can i be heard? very good. well, welcome. good morning. i'm don kennen, a vice president of the united states capitol historical society. and it's my pleasure to welcome you to today's lecture observing african-american history month. we are pleased to be joined by the illinois state society of washington, d.c. and the knox college alumni association of washington, d.c. in presenting today's lecture. i especially want to acknowledge and thank rod ross for all of his assistance in planning the event. and rod, ...

and nonpartisan educational organization on capitol hill. that's no mean achievement. but our 50 years of existence pales in comparison to the proud history of knox college of galesburg, illinois, which later this month celebrates its 175th anniversary. i'm pleased to introduce the president of knox college who will in turn introduce today's speaker. teresa arn achat is the 19th president and the first woman president in the history of knox college. she came to knox college after a distinguished academic career at several institutions, including bucknell, harvard, the university of m...

over the next few hours a look at the fight against slavery in the u.s. first, the life of abolitionist owen lovejoy who served in congress leading up to and during the civil war. then a discussion on the abolitionist and women's suffrage movements. later, the story of john willis menard, who was the first african-american elected to the u.s. congress. >> between 1971 and 1973, president rhythm are richard nation son secretly recorded nearly 4,000 hours of phone calls and meetings. >> always agree on the middle things. then you hold on the big one. hell, i've done this so often in co...

lovejoy was also introduced to other bureau county residents who were actively involved with the underground railroad, the holbrooks, smiths and pinkertons. lovejay wasted no time proclaiming his anti-slavery views, but his abolitionist advocacy was unenthusiastically received by the majority of his parishioners. in fact he was warned to stop speaking against slavery or possibly face violent consequences. but gradually, due primarily to lovejoy's persistence, many of the people in bureau county changed their minds about the institution of slavery. by the mid 1840s, princeton became o...

becoming the most famous underground railroad operator in illinois, indeed one of the most famous operators across the north. when lovejoy arrived in princeton, he was initially made the temporary minister of the hampshire colony church but then he was appointed a salary of $600 a year, a rather good salary in those days for illinois. when he arrived in princeton he was introduced to a handful of people who were tied to the anti-slavery cause, particularly the bryant brothers, john, arthur and cyrus, another brother of theirs was famous american poet, william cullen bryant, who at th...