The Negro in Illinois: The Wpa Papers

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252080939
• ISBN13: 9780252080937
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 9.8"