Title The Negro in Illinois : the WPA papers / edited by Brian Dolinar.

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Urbana, Chicago : University of Illinois Press, [2013]

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Description	1 online resource.
	text file
Series	New Black studies series
	New Black studies series.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-252) and index.
Contents	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.
Summary	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.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language	English.
Subject	African Americans -- Illinois -- History.
	African Americans.
	Illinois.
	History.
	African Americans -- Illinois -- Social conditions.
	Social conditions.
	Illinois -- History.
	Illinois -- Social conditions.
	African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
	Illinois -- Chicago.
	African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions.
	Chicago (Ill.) -- History.
	Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Added Author	Dolinar, Brian.
	Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Illinois.
Other Form:	Print version: Negro in Illinois. Urbana, Chicago : University of Illinois Press, [2013] 9780252037696 (DLC) 2012044794
ISBN	9780252094958 (e-book)
	0252094956
	0252080939
	9780252080937
	9780252037696 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
	1299674070 (electronic book)
	9781299674073 (electronic book)
	0252037693

Title The Negro in Illinois : the WPA papers / edited by Brian Dolinar.

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