Hope: Fanny Ruth Patterson, Hinckley and Northern Illinois UniversityThe story of Fanny Ruth Patterson is one of hope. She was a graduate of...Read More
Fear: Ku Klux Klan, Shabbona in the 1920’sThe Shabbona Express newspaper also included several articles in the 1920s that referred to Klan...Read More
Hope: Latino Migration StoryA second wave of migration in DeKalb County started in the 1960s. This group was...Read More
Hope: Black Migration StoryWorld War I cut the stream of Europeans coming to Northern factories, and employers turned...Read More