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Author Baron, Dave (David M.), author.

Title Pembroke : a rural, black community on the Illinois dunes / Dave Baron
Published Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2016]
©2016

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Description 1 online resource (x, 234 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction: the paradox of Pembroke -- Mskoda -- Pap and Mary Tetter -- The second migration -- Welcome to Lamplight City -- "A rip-roarin' time" -- "In the eyes of the angels" -- Lunch tables -- Building on sand -- Nature preserved -- Pembroke today and tomorrow -- Conclusion: the good life
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 2, 2016)
Subject African Americans -- Illinois -- Pembroke (Township) -- History
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
African Americans
SUBJECT Pembroke (Ill. : Township) -- History
Kankakee County (Ill.) -- History, Local
Subject Illinois -- Pembroke (Township)
Illinois -- Kankakee County
Genre/Form History
Local history
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780809335039
0809335034