Untold Black Stories featured in Alton audio tour
Alton audio tour features personal stories and portraits
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Antione Williams and his daughter, Amiah, are among the Alton residents featured in a new downtown audio tour, Untold Black Stories of Alton. Fifteen portraits appear on the one-mile walkable mile route along Broadway.Photo credit Cedric Parker|For The TelegraphShow MoreShow Less
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Jason Harrison and Willie Franklin are among the more than 30 Alton residents featured in Untold Black Stories of Alton.Photo credit Cedric Parker|For The TelegraphShow MoreShow Less
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ALTON It’s been in the works for a while, but StoryCorps kept a tight lid on it until now when the faces of Alton neighbors and friends are displayed in large-format portraits in storefront windows along the Broadway corridor.
Ella Johnson Library to host Asian American storyteller May 13 Storyteller Ada Cheng will present Not Quite: Asian Americans and the Other in the Era of the Pandemic and the Uprising with Ella Johnson Memorial Library. Courtesy of Ada Chang
Updated 5/10/2021 1:39 PM
In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the Ella Johnson Library District in Hampshire will host the presentation Not Quite: Asian Americans and the Other in the Era of the Pandemic and the Uprising with storyteller Ada Cheng.
The presentation will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 13. Sign up for the Zoom presentation at ellajohnsonlibrary.org.
Carol Stream Historical Society to host Road Scholar program May 11
Updated 4/21/2021 4:26 PM
The Carol Stream Historical Society will host a virtual presentation tracing the fight for universal suffrage on Tuesday, May 11. The program with Jeanne Schultz Angel will explore where America has been and where we are going on the road to universal suffrage.
Margaret Leabru, Carol Stream Historical Society president, noted, The right to vote is precious and Americans should all be able to access it equally. Learning the history of the ongoing quest for equality at the ballot box is a step toward understanding and working for that equality.
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Sample historic recipes (virtually) at lecture series
McHenry County Historical Society archives – Don Peasley collection | Back in the 1970s, Harvard’s Roxanne Sward captured first place with her Swedish pecan cookies at the McHenry County Fair. Virtual programs will ensure continuation this spring of the Sampler Lecture Series of the McHenry County Historical Society. Last year’s schedule was cut short by COVID-related health concerns, and ongoing […]
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