Hayes, Charles A. (Charles Arthur), 1918-1997
Charles Arthur Hayes (February 17, 1918 – April 8, 1997) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Illinois's 1st congressional district, from 1983 to 1993.
Hayes was born in Cairo, Illinois, and graduated from Cairo's Sumner High School in 1935. A resident of Chicago for most of his adult life, Hayes was a prolific union leader for 45 years, ultimately serving as vice president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. In the 1950s, he raised funds for Martin Luther King Jr.'s voter registration drive in the South. He was a civil rights leader who worked closely with King in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference during the 1960s and one of the founding members of Rainbow/PUSH, along with Jesse Jackson. Later, he was one of major labor leaders arrested during the 1980s anti-apartheid protests that eventually won the freedom of Nelson Mandela. Congressman Hayes was the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists' first executive vice president, serving until 1986.
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