Oscar De Priest, 1929

ID: 4127 ~ Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Political Empowerment - Oscar De Priest, Lone Legislator: 419 U Street NW

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Political Empowerment - Oscar De Priest, Lone Legislator: 419 U Street NW

Civil Rights Tour: Political Empowerment - Oscar De Priest, Lone Legislator: 419 U Street NW

Oscar Stanton De Priest (1871-1951) represented Chicago’s South Side in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1929 to 1935. He was the first African American Congressman in the 20th century and the…