Hope: Black Resort Community in Kirkland
Three newspaper articles cover a story about how a group of wealthy Blacks from St....
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Fear: Ku Klux Klan, Shabbona in the 1930 and 1940s
Newspaper coverage in local communities can be complicated, especially when looking at syndicated articles or...
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Fear: Ku Klux Klan, Sycamore from 2016-2022
Unfortunately, the fear connected to the Klan is not part of our distant past. While...
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Fear: Ku Klux Klan, Sycamore in the 1960’s and 1980’s
According to several oral history interviews, there were rumors that the Klan would be coming...
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Fear: Ku Klux Klan, Sycamore in the 1930’s
While the 1920s was the heyday of Klan activity throughout the country, there is still...
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Fear: Ku Klux Klan in Northern DeKalb County (Genoa, Kirkland, and Fairdale)
According to census records through 1950, Genoa was a community that did not include many...
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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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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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