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(Photo By Flickr User Erik Drost) Black History Today for February 16th:1870- Congress passed resolution readmitting Mississippi on condition that it would never change its constitution to disenf...

 (Photo By Flickr User randy stewart)  Black History Today for February 16th:1857- Frederick Douglass elected President of Freedman Bank and Trust.1923- Bessie Smith makes her first rec...

 (Photo By Flickr User Patrick Q) We’re now officially in the middle of the month of February and still rolling along with more African-American History Artifacts!Let’s take a tr...

(Photo By Flickr User Scott Beale) WVEL Black History Weekend Today for February 13th & February 14:February 13th:1635- America’s first public school, the Boston Latin School, opened in...

 (Photo By Flickr User Bob n Renee) Black History Today for February 12th:1793- First fugitive slave law enacted by Congress.1865- Henry Highland Garnet was the first Black to speak in the C...

 (Photo By Flickr User Keith Ivey) Early voting has begun in Peoria County!According to cinewsnow.com, the Peoria County Election Commission in Peoria is just one of the spots you can vote e...

(Photo By Flickr User Thomas Hawk) Black History Today for February 11th:1644- First Black legal protest in America pressed by eleven Blacks who petitioned for freedom in New Netherlands (New Yor...

(Photo By Flickr User Armin Vogel) According to a new report from GasBuddy.com & cinewsnow.com, Illinois now has the second-cheapest gas in the country!The nation has recently enjoyed lower g...

(Photo By Flickr User Soar Boards) Newsline: Illinois State University of Normal. IL.Illinois State University has joined the growing list of Illinois schools to ban hoverboards in student housin...

(Photo By Flickr User quiddle.) With 11% of its student body from outside the U.S., Knox College has been ranked among top 25 liberal arts colleges for international diversity and among the top 5...