The recently re-christened Midwest Underground Railroad Network (MURN, formerly the "Little Calumet River Underground Railroad Project") will be presenting to the Hammond Historical Society on Saturday, Sept. 6th, 2025, at 10:00am in the Community Room of the Hammond Public Library.
We are honored for Tom Shepherd & Larry McClellan to speak on their decades of research on the Underground Railroad in South Chicagoland -- that includes Northwest Indiana! -- and on their continuing efforts to recognize & preserve the Chicago-Detroit Freedom Trail that ran through our community in the mid-1800s! Come hear about an early part of Calumet Region history that is too often not talked about -- and hear about how you can help their efforts today, 160 years after heroic men & women of conscience helped brave African Americans to freedom!
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A little on nonfiction author Larry A. McClellan:
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]. His latest book, "Onward to Chicago: Freedom Seekers and the Underground Railroad in Northeastern Illinois" [2023] was published by Southern Illinois University.
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