Pembroke: A Rural, Black Community on the Illinois Dunes
- ISBN-10
- 0809335026
- ISBN-13
- 9780809335022
- Series
- Pembroke
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 248
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-07-27
- Publisher
- SIU Press
- Author
- Dave Baron
Description
Pembroke explores the cultural, economic, legal, political, and environmental history of Pembroke, Illinois--one of the largest rural, black communities north of the Mason-Dixon Line and one of the poorest places in the nation.
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