The Negro in Illinois : the WPA papers /
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Imprint: | Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2013. |
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Description: | xlii, 286 pages : ill. ; 27 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | New Black studies series New Black studies. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9289136 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Editor's Introduction
- Editor's Note
- 1. First, the French
- 2. Slavery
- 3. Abolition
- 4. The Underground Railroad
- 5. Lincoln and the Negro
- 6. John Brown's Friend
- 7. Leave a Summer Land Behind
- 8. Rising
- 9. Churches
- 10. Soldiers
- 11. Business
- 12. Work
- 13. Iola
- 14. The Migrants Keep Coming
- 15. The Exodus Train
- 16. Slave Market
- 17. Professions
- 18. Health
- 19. Houses
- 20. Social Life and Social Uplift
- 21. Recreation and Sports
- 22. Defender
- 23. Politics
- 24. What Is Africa to Me?
- 25. And Churches
- 26. Literature
- 27. Music
- 28. The Theater
- 29. Rhythm
- Bibliography
- Editor's Afterword
- Editor's Notes
- Editor's Works Cited
- Index