Eureka College's Rodriquez to Deliver Final John Adams Lecture Oct. 8

Junius Rodriquez of Eureka College will present the final lecture in a series offered in conjunction with the "John Adams Unbound" traveling panel exhibit being shown at Illinois State University's Milner Library.   He will speak on the Eureka College campus at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, in the Gammon Room of Melick Library.

Admission to Rodriquez's lecture, "John Adams and the Illinois Country: The Influence of a Gentle Nationalist," and to the exhibit is free and open to the public.

Rodriquez has been a member of the history faculty at Eureka College since 1992, after completing his Ph.D. at Auburn University.  He has a master's degree from Louisiana State and bachelor's degree from Nicholls State University.  He is the author of several books, including The Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery, the award-winning The Louisiana Purchase: A Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia and the forthcoming "Slavery in the Modern World: A History of Political, Social, and Economic Oppression."

"John Adams Unbound" is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and from noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.  The panel exhibit focuses on Adams' 3,500-volume personal library that his family donated in 1894 to the Boston Public Library.