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Brown, LeRoy - Interview and Memoir

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@ University of Illinois at Springfield

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LeRoy Brown talks about his experiences farming, his work as a coachman, discrimination encountered in daily life, the 1908 race riot and its aftermath, Springfield neighborhoods, businesses, churches, and schools.
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McPherson, Reverend Negil L. [interviewer]
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© Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this material, please contact: Archives/Special Collections, University of Illinois at Springfield, One University Plaza, MS BRK 140, Springfield IL 62703-5407. Phone: (217) 206-6520. http://library.uis.edu/archives/index.html
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University of Illinois at Springfield

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Illinois Digital Heritage Hub

Keywords

  1. Afro Americans
  2. Discrimination
  3. Farms And Farming
  4. Race Discrimination
  5. Race Riot, 1908
  6. Rural Life
  7. Springfield (Ill.)

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