# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Illinois Humanities Presents Road Scholar Clifton Jackson
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 26 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: The library is partnering with Illinois Humanities to host Illinois Road Scholar, Clifton Jackson, as he discusses, The Forgotten Eldorado Story: One Town’s Journey to “Sundown.”

This presentation tells the forgotten story of Eldorado, Illinois, through the life of Jefferson Douglass Alston, a former slave who founded a Tuskegee-inspired school for Black youth. It explores the attack on the school, the violent aftermath, and the broader context of racial conflict and anti-Black violence in Illinois and across the nation. Clifton Jackson is a native of Harrisburg and a member of the Illinois State Historical Society.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/harrisburg/illinois-humanities-presents-road-scholar-clifton-jackson/200030449645130
- **Event Categories**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 23

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Harrisburg
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 2 West Walnut St, Harrisburg, IL, United States, Illinois 62946
- **lat**: 37.74053
- **long**: -88.54028
- **full address**: 2 West Walnut St, Harrisburg, IL, United States, Illinois 62946

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: Illinois Humanities Presents Road Scholar Clifton Jackson
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/90ed9a1c9de583e4c95d96e19c53ccd3af6d0a4b0385d13884788af7b737cb4c-rimg-w1200-h675-dcf8e8e8-gmir?v=1786417427

## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Illinois Humanities Presents Road Scholar Clifton Jackson being held?
  - **A:** Illinois Humanities Presents Road Scholar Clifton Jackson takes place on Wed, 26 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Wed, 26 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm at 2 West Walnut St, Harrisburg, IL, United States, Illinois 62946.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Illinois Humanities Presents Road Scholar Clifton Jackson?
  - **A:** Illinois Humanities Presents Road Scholar Clifton Jackson is organized by Harrisburg District Library.

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