Exclusion: Sycamore’s Racially Restrictive Covenants There is evidence of several racial covenants in Sycamore. The Fox Subdivision was created...Read More
Fear: Sycamore, local push back to Klan rhetoricDespite the numerous articles about Klan activity throughout DeKalb County, there is evidence that people...Read More
Community: Caldwell family, ShabbonaAbove image: Shabbona Grove School, 1921. Photo courtesy Shabbona-Lee-Rollo Historical Society. The Caldwell family story...Read More
Community: OverviewIn their anthology, Four Hundred Souls, Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain write about...Read More
Hope: Black Resort Community in KirklandThree newspaper articles cover a story about how a group of wealthy Blacks from St....Read More
Hope: Securing a Bank LoanThere are two examples of the local bank, The National Bank & Trust Company, working...Read More
Exclusion: Racial Covenants, SycamoreThere is evidence of racial covenants in Sycamore. The Fox Subdivision was created in 1927....Read More
Exclusion: Redlining and Racial Covenants, DeKalbThe second generation of Ellwoods included a racial covenant in the Ellfield Addition, which was...Read More
Hope: Mexicans at Sycamore Preserve WorksThere are a few articles from the 1940s and 1950s about people from Mexico coming...Read More