{"product_id":"the-negro-in-illinois-the-wpa-papers-paperback-softback-9780252080937","title":"The Negro in Illinois; The WPA Papers (Paperback \/ softback) 9780252080937","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Negro in Illinois\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe WPA Papers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBrian Dolinar (Edited by), Arna Bontemps (Contributions by), JACK CONROY (Contributions by), Richard Wright (Contributions by), Margaret Walker (Contributions by), Katherine Dunham (Contributions by), Fenton Johnson (Contributions by), Frank Yerby (Contributions by), Richard Durham (Contributions by), Michael Flug (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780252080937\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 February 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages, 10 black and white photographs\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 2.5 cm, 0.653 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"An exciting act of scholarly recovery. \u003ci\u003eThe Negro in Illinois\u003c\/i\u003e papers, at long last available, are an invaluable guide to the role of American writers in crafting one of the first composite narratives of African American life. This dynamic volume shows us history from below in the making and being made.\"--Bill V. Mullen, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eAfro Asia: Revolutionary Political and Cultural Connections between African Americans and Asian Americans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"This landmark study provides a unique window onto the work of the Illinois unit of the Federal Writers' Project. A commendable work of historical recovery.\"--Richard Courage, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Muse in Bronzeville: African American Creative Expression in Chicago, 1932-1950\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"A significant accomplishment.  Not only does it bring to light a range of wonderful material on a variety of topics (the Underground Railroad, work, churches, professions, social life, and social uplift, literature, music, the theater, etc.), but the wonderful introduction and Dolinar's fine editing skills also make the book a significant contribution to scholarship.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Annals of Iowa\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eA major document of African American participation in the struggles of the Depression, \u003ci\u003eThe Negro in Illinois\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eHeaded by Harlem Renaissance poet Arna Bontemps and white proletarian writer Jack Conroy, \u003ci\u003eThe Negro in Illinois\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eWorking closely with archivist Michael Flug to select and organize the book, editor Brian Dolinar compiled \u003ci\u003eThe Negro in Illinois\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eCover\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eTitle Page\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eCopyright\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eContents\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eEditor's Introduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eEditor's Note\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e1. First, the French\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e2. Slavery\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e3. Abolition\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e4. 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