Ku Klux Klan

Since the latter 1990s, the 515 Court St. building has been the home of...

The city of Pekin currently has four Illinois State Historical Society markers highlighting significant...

By Jared L. Olar Local History Program Coordinator The decade of the Sixties was...

As Pekin’s Bicentennial Year continues and we now find ourselves in Black History Month,...

As Pekin has now entered its Bicentennial Year, it’s good to recall that 100...

During Pekin’s Juneteenth celebration last month, a crowd gathered downtown to witness the dedication...

By Jared Olar Library assistant Last week in this column, we surveyed the African-American...

This is an updated reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that...

By Jared Olar Library assistant Recently local historian Carl Adams brought to my attention...

This is an updated version of a “From the Local History Room” column that...