***DUE TO LAST MINUTE COMPLICATIONS, THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN MOVED FROM IN-PERSON TO ZOOM.***

Join us this evening as Professor of History at College of Lake County Gregory Gordon retells the story of early African Americans' arrival and settlement in Illinois, specifically Lake County, during the post-Civil War era. With information on early communities, congregations, and microhistorical accounts, the origin of African American families and culture in the geographical context of Lake County is a discussion you certainly will not want to miss.

Dr. Gregory Gordon is a Lake County native. His father received part of his elementary education in the Lake Forest and Highland Park public school systems in the 1930s and 1940s and mother educated in the Waukegan public school system. Dr. Gordon is a full-time History Professor at the College of Lake County (CLC) and has served in that capacity since 1991. Professor Gordon received a 1994 certificate of commendation from the American Association of State and Local History for the Lake County African American Oral History Project and received a Distinguished Service Award from the Illinois Committee on Black Concerns in Higher Education. Over the years, Professor Gordon has taught courses in U.S. history, African American history, American popular culture and western civilization. Dr. Gordon’s scholarly expertise focuses on immigration history and international education.