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| 020 | _z9780809330584 (cloth : alk. paper) | ||
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_aF546.T45 _bJ64 2012 |
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_aJoens, David A., _d1961- |
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_aFrom slave to state legislator _h[electronic resource] : _bJohn W. E. Thomas, Illinois' first African American lawmaker / _cDavid A. Joens. |
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_aCarbondale : _bSouthern Illinois University Press, _cc2012. _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015) |
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_a1 online resource (xiii, 256p., [18] p. of plates :) _bill. ; |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 213-246) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | _aIntroduction: "A representative of its colored citizens" -- "Let us come out like men": the historic election of 1876 -- "An able, attentive, and sensible representative": the first term and a failed reelection bid -- "Justly entitled to representation": the long road back to the legislature -- "Advising moderation in all things": the 1883 legislative session and colored convention -- "We are here as citizens": reelection, the Civil Rights Bill, and another colored convention -- "By no means an unimportant position": election to the office of South Town clerk in 1887 -- "You ought not insult the colored people!" a final bid for the state legislature -- "Forget personal grievances": uniting the community as elder statesman -- Conclusion: "leader of the colored race is dead". | |
| 588 | _aDescription based on print version record. | ||
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_aThomas, John W. E. _q(John William Edinburgh), _d1847-1899. |
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_aLegislators _zIllinois _vBiography. |
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_aAfrican American legislators _zIllinois _vBiography. |
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_aIllinois _xRace relations _xHistory _y19th century. |
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_aIllinois _xPolitics and government _y1865-1950. |
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_aElectronic books. _2local |
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_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780809330607/ |
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_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks |
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