The Negro in Illinois : the WPA papers /

The Negro in Illinois : the WPA papers /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Illinois
Other Authors: Dolinar, Brian
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2013]
Series:New Black studies series.
Subjects:
African Americans > Illinois > History.
African Americans > Illinois > Social conditions.
African Americans > Illinois > Chicago > History.
African Americans > Illinois > Chicago > Social conditions.
Illinois > History.
Illinois > Social conditions.
Chicago (Ill.) > History.
Chicago (Ill.) > Social conditions.
Table of 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.