The Negro in Illinois [[electronic resource] ] : the WPA papers / / edited by Brian Dolinar

• Pubblicazione: Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: xlvi, 286 p. : port
• Disciplina: 305.896/073077311
• Soggetto topico: African Americans - Illinois - History; African Americans - Illinois - Social conditions; African Americans - Illinois - Chicago - History; African Americans - Illinois - Chicago - Social conditions
• Soggetto geografico: Illinois History; Illinois Social conditions; Chicago (Ill.) History; Chicago (Ill.) Social conditions
• Altri autori: DolinarBrian
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Negro in Illinois
• ISBN: 0-252-08093-9; 0-252-09495-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779763903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New Black studies.