Christopher Fennell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Christopher Fennell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Anthropology professor Christopher Fennell led an analysis of the decision by mid-19th-century railroad officials to reroute a proposed train line around New Philadelphia, Ill., "the first town in the United States planned, platted and legally registered by an African American."

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