Evanston’s first recorded black resident, 14-year-old Maria Murray, was bought out of slavery by the Vane family to work as an indentured servant in 1855. The home she shared with her husband, George...
The entrepreneurial accomplishments of Henry Butler, one of Evanston’s first black business owners, will be honored through one of eight new African American heritage sites located throughout Evanston....
The history of Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church, Evanston’s first black church is one of community, persistence and activism.
Prior to its founding in 1882, black residents attended the...
