On Nov. 7, 1837, Elijah Parish Lovejoy was killed by a pro-slavery mob while defending the site of his anti-slavery newspaper the St. Louis Observer. His death deeply affected many individuals who ...

"Elijah's Call" immortalizes Elijah Parish Lovejoy, a courageous preacher and editor who, in 1837, stood resolute against the tide of slavery.

Alton residents gathered at the Lovejoy Monument to honor journalist Elijah P. Lovejoy's enduring legacy in civil rights.

WATERVILLE — The 71st Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for Courage in Journalism is to be presented Friday at Colby College in honor of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is jailed in ...

Jacqueline Charles, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and Emmy Award-winning Haiti and Caribbean correspondent for the Miami Herald, has been awarded the 2024 Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for Courage in ...

Covering Haiti’s earthquake Jacqueline Charles, the Miami Herald’s Haiti and Caribbean correspondent, is the 2024 Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award recipient from Colby College. Miami Herald file ...

Miami Herald correspondent Jacqueline Charles will receive the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for her decades of reporting on earthquakes, assassinations and more in Haiti and the Caribbean.

The yearly homage to Alton journalist and anti-slavery martyr Elijah P. Lovejoy was held on a rainy Saturday at the hilltop monument bearing his name, where area residents gathered to hear about ...