Description
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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Illinois Digital Heritage HubKeywords
- Afro Americans
- Discrimination
- Farms And Farming
- Race Discrimination
- Race Riot, 1908
- Rural Life
- Springfield (Ill.)