The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable Gus Savage

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable Gus Savage

4/16/2001

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2001.068

U.S. congressman The Honorable Gus Savage (1925 - 2015 ) was a forceful voice for equality and represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1980 to 1990. Savage served as the Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Economic Development. From 1965 to 1980, Gus Savage was one of Chicago's most influential black journalists, as the owner of the Citizen newspapers, a chain of community weeklies. Savage was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 4/16/2001, in Washington, D.C.. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 6; Total Run Time: 03h 01m 11s

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Savage, Gus, 1925-2015

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Augustus Alexander "Gus" Savage (October 30, 1925 – October 31, 2015) was an entrepreneur, publisher and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois. Savage was born in Detroit, Michigan, and graduated from Roosevelt University in Chicago. He served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946 and then worked as a journalist from 1954 to 1979, owning a chain of weekly community newspapers in the Chicago area including the South End Citizen. The Chicago Citiz...