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The Negro in Illinois : the WPA papers / edited by Brian Dolinar. - Urbana, Chicago : University of Illinois Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource - New Black studies series .

Includes bibliographies and index.

First, the french -- Slavery -- Abolition -- The Underground Railroad -- Lincoln and the Negro -- John Brown's friend -- Leave a summer land behind -- Rising -- Churches -- Soldiers -- Business -- Work -- Iola -- The migrants keep coming -- The exodus train -- Slave market -- Professions -- Health -- Houses -- Social life and social uplift -- Recreation and sports -- Defender -- Politics -- What is Africa to me? -- And churches -- Literature -- Music -- The theatre -- Rhythm.

A major document of African American participation in the struggles of the Depression, 'The Negro in Illinois' was produced by a special division of the Illinois Writers' Project, one of President Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration programs.



ISBN: 9780252080937 9781299674073

LCCN: 2019718167

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African Americans--History.--Illinois
African Americans--Social conditions.--Illinois
African Americans--History.--Illinois--Chicago
African Americans--Social conditions.--Illinois--Chicago

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic Books.

LC Class. No.: E185 / .N447 2013