William L. Dawson

CTL-E-0072 · Person · politician · 1930s–1960s

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Long-serving Chicago congressman and South Side political power broker.

The record

Also known as: William Levi Dawson

Sources

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (primary source)
Encyclopedia of Chicago (Chicago History Museum)

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Negro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Shoeshine, 47th Street, Chicago's main Negro business street, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Where the Negro and white sections on the South Side meet, the white and Negro children sometimes play together, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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