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" The Negro in Illinois : "
edited by Brian Dolinar.
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BL
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876799
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The Negro in Illinois : : the WPA papers /\ edited by Brian Dolinar.
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Urbana :: University of Illinois Press,, 2013.
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| Series Statement
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New Black studies series
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1 online resource.
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0252080939
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: 0252094956
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: 1299674070
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: 9780252080937
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: 9780252094958
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: 9781299674073
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0252037693
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9780252037696
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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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. The Federal Writers' Project helped to sustain "New Negro" artists during the 1930s and gave them a newfound social consciousness that is reflected in their writing. Headed by Harlem Renaissance poet Arna Bontemps and white proletarian writer Jack Conroy, The Negro in Illinois employed major black writers living in Chicago during the 1930s, including Richard Wright, Margaret Walker, Katherine Dunham, Fenton Johnson, Frank Yerby, and Richard Durham. The authors chronicled the African American experience in Illinois from the beginnings of slavery to Lincoln's emancipation and the Great Migration, with individual chapters discussing various aspects of public and domestic life, recreation, politics, religion, literature, and performing arts. After the project was canceled in 1942, most of the writings went unpublished for more than half a century--until now. Working closely with archivist Michael Flug to select and organize the book, editor Brian Dolinar compiled The Negro in Illinois from papers at the Vivian G. Harsh Collection of Afro-American History and Literature at the Carter G. Woodson Library in Chicago. Dolinar provides an informative introduction and epilogue which explain the origins of the project and place it in the context of the Black Chicago Renaissance. Making available an invaluable perspective on African American life, this volume represents a publication of immense historical and literary importance.
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African Americans-- Illinois-- History.
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African Americans-- Illinois-- Social conditions.
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African Americans-- Illinois-- Chicago-- History.
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African Americans-- Illinois-- Chicago-- Social conditions.
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African Americans-- Social conditions.
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African Americans.
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HISTORY-- United States-- 20th Century.
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Social conditions
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Ethnic Studies-- African American Studies.
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Chicago (Ill.), History.
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Chicago (Ill.), Social conditions.
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Illinois, History.
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Illinois, Social conditions.
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Illinois, Chicago.
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Illinois.
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| Dewey Classification
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305.896/073077311
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E185.93.I2
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Dolinar, Brian.
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Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Illinois.
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