Chester I. Lewis papers 1948-1985
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Chester I. Lewis, a leader of the Modern Civil Rights Movement at both state and national levels, was born and raised in 1928 at Hutchinson, Kansas. Lewis's father was editor of the African American newspaper The Hutchinson Blade, which attacked local practices of racial segregation. His mother was a teacher. After graduating from Hutchinson High School and serving in World War II, Lewis attended the University of Kansas where he received an undergraduate degree in 1951 and a law de...
