Hope – the Sims family, SycamoreThe Sims family is another example of a Sycamore Great Migration story. The story starts...Read More
Hope: Booker T. Washington comes to DeKalbOn January 29, 1899 Booker T. Washington came to DeKalb and spoke to a large...Read More
Hope: Frederick Douglass comes to SycamoreFrederick Douglass came to Sycamore in 1870 and spoke at Wilkin’s Hall. The New York...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
Hope: Mexicans at Sycamore Preserve WorksThere are a few articles from the 1940s and 1950s about people from Mexico coming...Read More
Hope: Migrant Workers in DeKalb County, 1960sThe DeKalb County Journal had several articles in the late 1960s about migrant workers. The...Read More
Hope: Latino Migration Story, using census recordsWhile the larger trend of Latinos coming to DeKalb County starts in the 1960s, there...Read More
Hope: North Grove One-Room School ConnectionNorth Grove School was a one-room schoolhouse near where the Beard family lived (see Henry...Read More