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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 16, 2004
Page
1
A court case over a train derailment has been shifted to Perry County, as legal proceedings continue. Local officials note the move may affect scheduling and jurisdiction, with the case drawing regional attention.
U S military reports 18 gunmen killed in Baghdad and five soldiers dead amid clashes with militia on the capital outskirts. Skirmishes continue in Najaf and Karbala. In northern Iraq a mortar strike hits an Iraqi army recruiting center killing four volunteers. Carbondale story follows.
The article recounts varied paths to school integration after Brown v. Board. Some communities transitioned smoothly, others faced lawsuits, boycotts, and Klan activity. In Carbondale and surrounding towns, individuals such as Margaret Simon Nesbitt and her mother pursued enrollment barriers at Attucks and later witnessed Black students gaining queen titles at integrated high schools.
Southern Illinois hosted Lewis and Clark re enactments exhibits and a traveling museum as part of a two century remembrance. Civil war era fort Massac Shawneetown Golconda Cairo Tower Rock and Hartford were named stops where visitors learned about Meriwether Lewis William Clark and their expedition down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. George Drouillard interpreter aided the party at Fort Massac and the explorers spent days in Cairo before resuming their journey.
The Southern Illinoisan publishes daily excerpts from the Lewis and Clark journals on page 2A. Gary E. Moulton, renowned editor and historian, contributed decades of work starting at the University of Nebraska in 1979, producing Atlas editions and a 13 volume index completed in 2001, with extensive footnotes clarifying Clark and Lewis texts.
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