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Illinois Writers' Project Cavalcade of the American Negro, Diamond Jubilee Exposition Authority

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09640.090 Author/Creator: Illinois Writers' Project Place Written: Chicago, Illinois Type: Pamphlet Date: July 1940 Pagination: 95 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 15.9 cm Order a Copy

One issue of Illinois Writers' Project "Cavalcade of the American Negro, Diamond Jubilee Exposition Authority," dated 1940. Cover and images throughout issue are woodcut prints by Adrian Troy.

Troy, Adrian, 1920-1950

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