A major document of African American participation in the struggles of the Depression, The Negro in Illinois was produced by a special division of the Illinois

Originally published during the Great Depression, The WPA Guide nevertheless finds much to celebrate in the heartland of America. Nearly three dozen essays high

In this updated edition, it's plain to see that the state of Illinois has only gotten weirder. Where there was once just a single Popeye statue in downstate Che

During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a