One Book, One College – The Fight for Freedom: What Nance Means to Us
East Peoria Campus, Academic Building, 212 C/DPekin High School Faculty, Colleen Kahl, will showcase and discuss the artwork of their students, inspired by the story and legacy of Pekin native Nance Legins-Costley, who was born into slavery, but became the first Black slave liberated by Abraham Lincoln.