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The names of 35 distinguished Illinois authors are etched into the 4th floor frieze of the Illinois State Library Building.
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Black Hawk; Life of Black Hawk...
Henry Blake Fuller
Bertram Cope's Year; Cliff-dwellers; Under the skylights...
Richard Wright
12 million black voices; Black boy; Eight men...
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