Speaker Connie Martin will address the messages in pre-Civil War quilts when she delivers a lecture at 1 p.m. Feb. 23 at Prairie State College. (Provided News)
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PSC hosts speaker Feb. 23 addressing pre-Civil War quilts stories

Connie Martin will present her lecture “Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad” at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, in the atrium on the main Prairie State College campus, 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. 

Martin will speak about the secret codes and hidden messages in the family quilts her ancestors shared on the Underground Railroad. The presentation was created by her mother, who wrote a book “Lizzie’s Story: A Slave Family’s Journey to Freedom.” 

Speaker Connie Martin will address the messages in pre-Civil War . . .

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