The League of Women Voters of the Homewood-Flossmoor Area will host a Black History Month event featuring historian Larry McClellan, who will present “The Underground Railroad in the Chicago Southland” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, in Flossmoor village hall, 2800 Flossmoor Road.
McClellan is the author of “The Underground Railroad South of Chicago,” “To the River: The Remarkable Journey of Caroline Quarlls, a Freedom Seeker on the Underground Railroad” and “Onward to Chicago: Freedom Seekers and the Underground Railroad in Northeastern Illinois.”
McClellan was a leader in the effort to recognize the Ton Farm on the north side of the Little Calumet River in the Riverdale neighborhood as an Underground Railroad site. The Illinois Historical Society placed a marker on the site in 2022.
There will be a question and answer period after McClellan’s talk. Refreshments will be served.
