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The Negro in Illinois

The WPA Papers

The Negro in Illinois( )
Editor: Dolinar, Brian
Contribution by: Bontemps, Arna
CONROY, Jack
Wright, Richard
Walker, Margaret
Dunham, Katherine
Johnson, Fenton
Yerby, Frank
Durham, Richard
Flug, Michael
Series title:New Black Studies Ser.
ISBN:978-0-252-03769-6
Publication Date:Jul 2013
Publisher:University of Illinois Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $125.00
Book Description:

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 ......

Book Details
Pages:336
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Sociology / Urban
History / United States / State & Local / Midwest (Ia, Il, In, Ks, Mi, Mn, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):7 x 10 x 1.1 Inches
Book Weight:1.465 Pounds
Author Biography
(Editor)
Margaret Walker wrote poetry, essays, the novel Jubilee, and the biography Richard Wright: Daemonic Genius. she created pioneering programs in the humanities and African American studies at Jackson State University, where she was a faculty member for almost three decades.

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