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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Hope: Henry and Julia (Judy) Beard, Sycamore
The Beard family’s story of hope goes back to the Civil War. Both Henry and...
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Angie Redmond “Here I Come_The New Safe Negro Travel Guide 20/21”
About the work: Here I Come_The New Safe Negro Travel Guide 20/21 The woman in...
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Jadakess Neal “Young black child, how do you grow? With no sunshine. Only hope.” and “Hold on tight and don’t let go.”
About the work: Young black child, how do you grow? With no sunshine. Only hope....
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Terrance Gray “Young Black Wishes” and “American Gothic_Breaking Ground
About the work: American Gothic_ Breaking Ground is styled after Grant Wood’s work American Gothic. Thinking...
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Juan Manuel Fernandez “Anaconda, 2021”
About the work: Façade is a project that invites the viewer to see beyond the...
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Hope: Black Migration Story
World War I cut the stream of Europeans coming to Northern factories, and employers turned...
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