The Negro in Illinois the WPA papers / [electronic resource] : edited by Brian Dolinar. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2013. - xlvi, 286 p. : port. - New Black studies series . - New Black studies. .

Includes bibliographical references 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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780252094958 (electronic bk.)




African Americans--History.--Illinois
African Americans--Social conditions.--Illinois
African Americans--History.--Illinois--Chicago
African Americans--Social conditions.--Illinois--Chicago


Illinois--History.
Illinois--Social conditions.
Chicago (Ill.)--History.
Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions.


Electronic books.

E185.93.I2 / N44 2013

305.896/073077311