419 U Street, home of Oscar and Jessie DePriest (photographed 2019).
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…