Pembroke [electronic resource] :a rural, black community on the Illinois dunes / Dave Baron.
By: Baron, Dave (David M.) [author.].
Contributor(s): Project Muse.
Material type: BookPublisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2016. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780809335039; 0809335034.Subject(s): Kankakee County (Ill.) -- History, Local | Pembroke (Ill. : Township) -- History | African Americans -- Illinois -- Pembroke (Township) -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 977.3/63 Online resources: Full text available:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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