Elijah Parish Lovejoy - Legacy and Honors

Legacy and Honors

• 1838, his brothers Joseph P. and Owen Lovejoy wrote a memoir about him and his defense of the free press, which they published in New York, under the title: Memoir of the Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy: Who was Murdered in Defence of the Liberty of the Press at Alton, Illinois, Nov. 7, 1837
• Abraham Lincoln referenced Lovejoy's murder in his Lyceum address in January 1838.
• In 1897, Alton citizens erected a monument to Elijah Lovejoy at the cemetery.
• The majority African-American village of Brooklyn, Illinois, located just north of East St. Louis, is popularly known as Lovejoy in his honor.
• The Lovejoy Library at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is named in his honor; some had proposed naming the university after him.
• The Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award was established by Colby College in his honor, and is awarded annually to a member of the newspaper profession who "has contributed to the nation's journalistic achievement." A major classroom building at Colby is also named for Lovejoy.
• Elijah Lovejoy is recognized by a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame along Delmar Boulevard.
• In 2003 Reed College established the Elijah Parish and Owen Lovejoy Scholarship, which it awards annually.