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When Martin Luther King came to Highland Park; A history and eyewitness account

Martin Luther King at Highland Park

On June 30, 1966, Martin Luther King spoke at Congregation Solel in Highland Park. 600 people packed the sanctuary to attend the event sponsored by the North Shore Fellowship of Rabbis. During that summer, Dr. King and Al Raby lead the Chicago Freedom Movement, the first large-scale movement to end racial segregation in

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Michael Ebner on Glencoe: The story and the podcast

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On December 6, Michael H Ebner, emeritus history professor at Lake Forest College gave a very enlightening and lively lecture about the history of Glencoe. This lecture was part of the Glencoe Public Library’s Centennial program. Professor Ebner made mention of the library’s excellent Centennial web site that includes a history of the library, a

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Pulitzer prize winner James McPherson in Lake Forest

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Lake Forest IL.  Noted American historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author James McPherson will deliver a presentation titled “Lincoln and The West,” organized in conjunction with the year-long national commemoration of the Bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln. The presentation is sponsored by the Oppenheimer Family Foundation and Lake Forest College and will be held on Thursday, October

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