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
Summary
A major document of African American participation in the struggles of the Depression, this book was produced by a special division of the Illinois Writers' Project, one of President Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration programs
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-252) and index
