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Fear: Ku Klux Klan, Sandwich, 1920s

Like many other communities throughout DeKalb County, Sandwich also had local Klan chapter. There are...
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Fear: Sycamore, local push back to Klan rhetoric

Despite the numerous articles about Klan activity throughout DeKalb County, there is evidence that people...
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Fear: Ku Klux Klan, Shabbona in the 1930 and 1940s

Newspaper coverage in local communities can be complicated, especially when looking at syndicated articles or...
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Fear: Ku Klux Klan, Sycamore from 2016-2022

Unfortunately, the fear connected to the Klan is not part of our distant past. While...
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Fear: Ku Klux Klan, Sycamore in the 1960’s and 1980’s

According to several oral history interviews, there were rumors that the Klan would be coming...
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Fear: Ku Klux Klan, Sycamore in the 1930’s

While the 1920s was the heyday of Klan activity throughout the country, there is still...
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Fear: Ku Klux Klan in Northern DeKalb County (Genoa, Kirkland, and Fairdale)

According to census records through 1950, Genoa was a community that did not include many...
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Fear: Ku Klux Klan, Shabbona in the 1920’s

The Shabbona Express newspaper also included several articles in the 1920s that referred to Klan...
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Fear: Ku Klux Klan, DeKalb County

Local Ku Klux Klan activities were first reported in 1923. The September 5, 1923, Sycamore...
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