Christopher C. Wimbish papers, 1870-1962.

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Christopher C. Wimbish papers, 1870-1962.

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Sundry papers including Army bulletins and orders (1917-1918), newsclippings, legal documents and trial transcripts, correspondence, and speeches of Wimbish, an African American lawyer, and his family, most pertaining to his career as a First Lieutenant in the 366th Infantry Brigade, 92nd Division, in Kansas and in France during World War I; Democratic Ward Committeeman in Chicago; Illinois state senator, 1942-1954 (3rd District); and trustee of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago, 1958-1962. Topics include race relations, Illinois Fair Employment Practices legislation, relationship between military service and voting rights (speech 1942), a political feud with politician William L. Dawson, and defendants' rights in criminal prosecutions. Includes materials by Mayor Richard J. Daley and the Metropolitan Sanitary District. The oversize folder, 1870-1962, contains newspapers, a life membership certificate of Columbus Wimbish in the American Missionary Association, graduation certificate from the Houston Street Public School (Atlanta) 1907, and pictures of Atlanta University and Howard University.

1 oversize folder.

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Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago.

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American Missionary Association

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Known chiefly for its educational work among African Americans, the American Missionary Association also worked with other ethnic groups. From the description of American Missionary Association records, 1820's-1870's (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 668992371 ...

United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 366th

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United States. Army. Infantry Division, 92nd

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African American infantry division of the U.S. Army during World War I and World War II. Also known as the Buffalo Soldiers Division. From the description of United States. Army. 92nd Infantry Division collection, 1926-2007 (bulk 1942-2000). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 645892662 Organizational History The 92nd Infantry Division, an African-American unit of the segregated United States Army during World War I and World ...

Wimbish, Christopher C., 1895-1962.

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Dawson, William L. (William Levi), 1886-1970

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William Levi Dawson (April 26, 1886 – November 9, 1970) was an American politician and lawyer who represented a Chicago, Illinois district for more than 27 years in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1943 to his death in office in 1970. In 1949, he became the first African American to chair a congressional committee. Born in segregated Georgia, Dawson attended Fisk University in Tennessee and Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago. He served as an officer in th...

Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976

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