George W. Blackwell

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George W. Blackwell was a lawyer and state legislator in Illinois. [1]

Blackwell was born in Richmond, Virginia, the son of James Blackwell and Annie Estelle Jordan. [2] He studied at Tuskegee University and Howard University School of Law. He moved to Chicago and served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1929 to 1933. [3]

He was a leader in the NAACP. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Political Empowerment of Illinois' African-American State Lawmakers from 1877 to 2005. University Press of America. 2008. ISBN   978-0-7618-4018-3.
  2. ↑ Caldwell, A. B. (1921). History of the American Negro and His Institutions: Virginia. A. B. Caldwell Publishing Company.
  3. ↑ Williams, Erma Brooks (2008). Political Empowerment of Illinois' African-American State Lawmakers from 1877 to 2005. University Press of America. ISBN   9780761840183.
  4. ↑ The Rise of Chicago's Black Metropolis, 1920-1929. University of Illinois Press. 15 April 2011. ISBN   978-0-252-09317-3.


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