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Earl B. Dickerson : a voice for freedom and equality / Robert J. Blakely ; with Marcus Shepard ; forewords by John Hope Franklin and Alta M. Blakely.
Van Pelt Library F548.5.D53 B58 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blakely, Robert J.
- Series:
- Chicago lives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dickerson, Earl B., 1891-1986.
- Dickerson, Earl B.
- African American politicians--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
- African American politicians.
- African American lawyers--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
- African American lawyers.
- African Americans--Civil rights--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- History.
- Chicago (Ill.)--Politics and government--20th century.
- Chicago (Ill.).
- Illinois--Chicago.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 270 pages, 26 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2006.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Early Years: From Mississippi to Chicago 3
- Chapter 2 World War I and Its Aftermath: The Promise of Freedom 25
- Chapter 3 Years of Emergence 42
- Chapter 4 Alderman Dickerson 66
- Chapter 5 The Fight Against Racially Restrictive Covenants 93
- Chapter 6 The First Fair Employment Practices Committee 111
- Chapter 7 Consolidating Gains: Lawyer, Leader, and Activist 141
- Chapter 8 The Supreme Life Insurance Company 166
- Chapter 9 The Later Years: National Gadfly and Community Activist 189
- Chapter 10 Assessing a Life and a Man 207.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-258) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0810123355
- OCLC:
- 61478689
- Publisher Number:
- 9780810123359
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