Hope: Fanny Ruth Patterson, Hinckley and Northern Illinois University
The story of Fanny Ruth Patterson is one of hope. She was a graduate of...
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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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Hope: Latino Migration Story
A second wave of migration in DeKalb County started in the 1960s. This group was...
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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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