The Negro in Illinois : the WPA papers /

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Imprint:Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2013.
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
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Other authors / contributors:Dolinar, Brian.
Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Illinois.
ISBN:9780252037696 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0252037693 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780252094958 (e-book)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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