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 ...

The 71st Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for Courage in Journalism is to be presented Friday to the parents of Evan Gershkovich, a 2014 Bowdoin College graduate who is being held in a Russian jail on ...

Elijah Parish Lovejoy, 1802-1837, was an ordained minister, staunch abolitionist, and a writer and newspaper publisher. Lovejoy settled in St. Louis in 1827 and began criticizing slavery in his ...

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

The award is named for Elijah Parish Lovejoy, a journalist and Colby graduate who founded several anti-slavery newspapers before being murdered in 1837 while defending his printing press from a ...

I learned from Kariem Haqq, a historian and founder of the 13th Amendment Freedom Week Movement, that Hall was a friend of Presbyterian minister, abolitionist, and publisher Elijah Parish Lovejoy.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The award is named for Elijah Parish Lovejoy, a journalist and Colby graduate who founded several anti-slavery newspapers before being murdered in 1837 while defending his printing press from a ...