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December 30, 2013

Q&A with Making the March King author Patrick Warfield

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Patrick Warfield is an associate professor of music at the University of Maryland and the editor of John Philip Sousa: Six Marches. He recently answered our questions about his new […]

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December 5, 2013

Q&A with Chicago River Bridges author Patrick McBriarty

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Patrick T. McBriarty is a writer and creative producer based in Chicago and the co-producer, with Stephen Hatch, of the documentary film Chicago Drawbridges. He recently answered some questions about […]

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September 30, 2013

Woodson Library event for The Negro in Illinois taped for BookTV

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On Saturday, September 28, the Carter G. Woodson Regional branch of The Chicago Public Library was the site of a celebration of the publication of The Negro in Illinois. The event included a […]

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September 4, 2013

Illinois History $2.99 eBook sale

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To coincide with the Conference on Illinois History annual meeting September 27, 2013, in Springfield, Illinois, we are offering eBook versions of three University of Illinois Press titles on sale for $2.99. […]

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August 29, 2013

Citizens in the Present editor reflects on civil rights legacy

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As the work of civil rights leaders was celebrated during the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, many—including President Obama—reflected on the differences between youth activists today and those in […]

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August 28, 2013 (August 27, 2013)

Writing ‘I Have a Dream’

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On August 28, 1963, in front of an estimated 250,000 people in the Washington D.C. mall, Martin Luther King Jr. gave what would become the most famous speech in civil […]

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August 26, 2013 (August 26, 2013)

Shining a spotlight on women in the civil rights movement

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During the historic March on Washington in late August of 1963, hundreds of thousands filled the National Mall and many powerful voices of the civil rights movement took to the podium.  Few […]

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August 19, 2013 (August 19, 2013)

Reconsidering the Chicago School of architecture

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Thomas Leslie, author of Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934, recently spoke with WGLT-FM public radio about what architecture says not only about a city’s history, but about interpreting an urban identity.  “Chicago skyscrapers […]

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August 12, 2013 (August 19, 2013)

The Chronicle of Higher Education features Chicago Skyscrapers

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Thomas Leslie, author of the new University of Illinois Press book Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934, is the subject of a Chronicle of Higher Education feature. Thomas Leslie likes to warn his […]

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July 31, 2013

King: A Biography $2.99 eBook sale

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On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered one of the most famous and enduring speeches in American history. For the month of August 2013 the University of Illinois […]

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July 2, 2013 (July 2, 2013)

The brutal realities of Gettysburg

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July 1st – 3rd marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.  The conflict, considered a turning point in the Civil War, involved the largest number of casualties during […]

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June 27, 2013 (June 26, 2013)

Where was the birthplace of the skyscraper?

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Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934 author Thomas Leslie was on hand for the Association of Preservation Technology Western Great Lakes Chapter and Construction History Society of America’s Skyscraper Symposium. The daylong event […]

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