February 12 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Bicentennial Speaker Series
Sponsored by HSQAC and JWCC
Presenters: Macey Ferguson-Smith and Dr. Justin Coffey
Social: 6:00pm | Presentation: 6:30pm
Uncover the lives of two American heroes: William Dallas and Emma Coger. Dallas, Quincy’s first black policeman, was a member of the 55th Massachusetts Infantry during the Civil War. Tragically killed in the line of duty, his legacy was memorialized in Woodland Cemetery decades later. Coger taught in Quincy’s all-black school, Lincoln School, and was a pioneer in the early civil rights movement. Her case informed many other prominent civil rights cases, including Brown vs. Board of Education.
Speakers: Dr. Justin P. Coffey is Aaron Pembleton Chair in History at Quincy University. He is the author of Spiro T. Agnew and the Rise of the Republican Right. | Macey Ferguson-Smith is a licensed social worker with Quincy Medical Group.
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Location
Mary Ellen Orr Auditorium
1301 S 48th Street
Quincy, IL 62305
