The Negro in Illinois: The WPA Papers

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The Negro in Illinois Dolinar_Text.indd 1 3/14/13 9:58 AM The New Black Studies Series Edited by Darlene Clark Hine and Dwight A. McBride A list of books in the series appears at the end of this book. Dolinar_Text.indd 2 3/14/13 9:58 AM The Negro in Illinois The WPA Papers Edited by Brian Dolinar University of Illinois Press Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield Dolinar_Text.indd 3 3/14/13 9:58 AM © 2013 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America c 5 4 3 2 1 ∞ This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Negro in Illinois : the WPA papers / edited by Brian Dolinar. pages cm. — (New Black studies series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-252-03769-6 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. African Americans—Illinois—History. 2. African Americans—Illinois—Social conditions. 3. Illinois—History. 4. Illinois—Social conditions. 5. African Americans—Illinois—Chicago—History. 6. African Americans—Illinois—Chicago—Social conditions. 7. Chicago (Ill.)—History. 8. Chicago (Ill.)—Social conditions. I. Dolinar, Brian. II. Writers’ Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Illinois. E185.93.I2N44  2013 305.896'073077311—dc23  2012044794 Dolinar_Text.indd 4 3/14/13 9:58 AM ...