Community: Caldwell family, Shabbona
Above image: Shabbona Grove School, 1921. Photo courtesy Shabbona-Lee-Rollo Historical Society. The Caldwell family story...
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Community: New Hope Missionary Baptist Church
Pastor Leroy Mitchell served at the North Avenue Baptist church in 1986. A year later,...
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Community: The Israel of God’s Church, White Horse Army
The Israel of God’s Church, White Horse Army [1] was first established in St. Louis,...
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Community: North Avenue Neighborhood, Sycamore
The 1924 Sandborn Insurance Map of Sycamore, illustrates houses along the three blocks of North...
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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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