Underground Railroad Presentation
Sat, Sep 06
|Hammond
Dr. Larry McClellan, an esteemed historian and founding faculty member of Governors State University (GSU), will give a presentation on the Underground Railroad in our area.
Time & Location
Sep 06, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Hammond, 564 State St, Hammond, IN 46320, USA
About the event
After graduate work at the University of Chicago, in 1970 Larry helped create Governors State University south of Chicago and served with the University for 30 years. He is Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Community Studies. In the mid-70s, he was mayor of University Park (then Park Forest South). He spent four years as a senior consultant with the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, and throughout his career, served as pastor with diverse congregations.
His consulting, research and writing focus on freedom seekers and the Underground Railroad, and on African American and regional history south of Chicago. Major publications include 25 articles in the Encyclopedia of Chicago [2005]; The Underground Railroad South of Chicago [2019], co-author of To the River, The Remarkable Journey of Caroline Quarlls, a Freedom Seeker on the Underground Railroad [2019]. Onward to Chicago: Freedom Seekers and the Underground Railroad in Northeastern Illinois was published by Southern Illinois University…