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Author:

Cha-Jua, Sundiata Keita, 1953-

Title:

America's first Black town : Brooklyn, Illinois, 1830-1915 / Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua.

Edition:

1st pbk. ed.

Publisher:

University of Illinois Press,

Copyright Date:

2002, c2000

Description:

xiv, 276 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

African Americans--Lovejoy--Lovejoy--History.
Lovejoy (Ill.)--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-258) and index.

Contents:

Preface -- Introduction: Brooklyn in historical and theoretical context -- From separate settlement to biracial town: Blacks in Brooklyn, Illinois, 1830-60 -- Uncovering Brooklyn's African American population, 1850 -- From outlaws to lawmakers, 1870-80 -- Mobilizing the race: John Evans and Black Political power, 1878-1906 -- Proletarianization, dependency, and underdevelopment, 1886-1910 -- The Black municipality and the white colonial county, 1898-1915 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.

ISBN:

9780252070808 (pbk.)
0252070801 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52536953

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)