Community: Being a Member of North Avenue Baptist ChurchNorth Avenue Baptist Church became somewhat of a safe haven for Black people in DeKalb...Read More
Community: Samuel Crosswell, Buffalo SoldierWhile not a lot of information is known about Samuel Crosswell, research shows that he...Read More
Community: North Avenue Neighborhood and Mildred Poole StewartMildred Poole Stewart, who was born and grew up in Sycamore, graduated from Sycamore High...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
Community: Local Latinx CultureWhen migrant Latinx families permanently settled in DeKalb County, they were not formally segregated like...Read More
Community: New Hope Missionary Baptist ChurchPastor Leroy Mitchell served at the North Avenue Baptist church in 1986. A year later,...Read More
Community: The Israel of God’s Church, White Horse ArmyThe Israel of God’s Church, White Horse Army [1] was first established in St. Louis,...Read More
Community: North Avenue Neighborhood, SycamoreThe 1924 Sandborn Insurance Map of Sycamore, illustrates houses along the three blocks of North...Read More