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SUMMARY:The Forgotten Eldorado Story: One Town’s Journey to “Sundown
 ” - Sterling/Rock Falls Historical Society
DTSTART;TZID="UTC-06:00":20270110T140000
DTEND;TZID="UTC-06:00":20270110T153000
DTSTAMP:20261027T191700Z
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DESCRIPTION:A free public history talk co-presented by Sterling Public Lib
 rary and the Sterling/Rock Falls Historical Society\, given by Clifton Jac
 kson\, a member of the Illinois State Historical Society. In the library
 ’s own words: “The presentation on the forgotten story of Eldorado\, I
 llinois\, involves the story of a man named Jefferson Douglass Alston. He 
 was born a slave\, became an educator and teacher and community leader\, a
 nd set out on a lifelong career of advancing education for black youths in
  the community. The heart of the story involves his mission and a school h
 e started in Eldorado\, Illinois\, based on the Tuskegee model.” The lib
 rary adds that the talk “will start promptly at 2 pm and will last 90 mi
 nutes” and that the event “is co-presented by the Illinois Humanities 
 Road Scholars Speakers Bureau”\, whose speakers give “free\, dynamic p
 resentations” at no cost to host organizations.\n\nSource: https://www.s
 terlingpubliclibrary.org/event/the-forgotten-eldorado-story-one-towns-jour
 ney-to-sundown/\nLast checked: 2026-10-27
LAST-MODIFIED:20261027T191700Z
LOCATION:Sterling/Rock Falls Historical Society\, 1005 E. 3rd Street\, Ste
 rling\, IL 61081
URL:https://www.my61270.com/places/the-forgotten-eldorado-story-one-towns-
 journey-to-sundown-sterlingrock-falls-historical-society-3227c505/
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