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Earl B. Dickerson papers

Scrapbooks (7 v.) and unbound materials, including newsclippings, photographs, speeches, correspondence, campaign literature, legal briefs, and other materials of Earl B. Dickerson, a Chicagoan, relating to his career as a lawyer and his activities in politics, civil rights and civil liberties, and government service. Topics include his graduation from the University of Chicago Law School (the first African American to

Dates: 1918-1986   |   Extent: 4 linear ft. (5 boxes)
Archives: Chicago History Museum

Earl B. Dickerson photographs

Includes photographs related to the career of Earl Burrus Dickerson, a Chicago area businessman, president of Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Company, and politician. Dickerson is shown at banquets, at his desk, and with groups of men and women. Several photographs show Dickerson with Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall at a civil liberties program held at an Elks convention in 1954.

Dates: 1939-1985   |   Extent: 17 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in or smaller.; 2 photographic prints : b&w ; 13 1/4 x 8 in.; 7 photographic prints : col. ; 3 x 5 in. or smaller.
Archives: Chicago History Museum