Traces in the Dust: Carbondale's Black Heritage 1852-1964 - Paperback

by Melvin Leroy Green Macklin (Author), Elizabeth I. Mosley-Lewin (Editor)

(From the Preface) Traces in the Dust focuses upon the African American families and residents of Carbondale since the founding of the Carbondale Township (1852). It is meant to provide a glimpse of the growth, progress, and development of the Black American community in the city through the exploration of recorded data and oral history.