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000435232 1001_ $$aJoens, David A.,$$d1961-
000435232 24510 $$aFrom slave to state legislator :$$bJohn W. E. Thomas, Illinois' first African American lawmaker /$$cDavid A. Joens.
000435232 260__ $$aCarbondale :$$bSouthern Illinois University Press,$$cc2012.
000435232 300__ $$axii, 256 p., [18] p. of plates :$$bill. ;$$c24 cm.
000435232 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000435232 5050_ $$aIntroduction: "A representative of its colored citizens" -- "Let us come out like men": the historic election of 1876 -- "An able, attentive, and sensible representative": the first term and a failed reelection bid -- "Justly entitled to representation": the long road back to the legislature -- "Advising moderation in all things": the 1883 legislative session and colored convention -- "We are here as citizens": reelection, the Civil Rights Bill, and another colored convention -- "By no means an unimportant position": election to the office of South Town clerk in 1887 -- "You ought not insult the colored people!" a final bid for the state legislature -- "Forget personal grievances": uniting the community as elder statesman -- Conclusion: "leader of the colored race is dead".
000435232 60010 $$aThomas, John W. E.$$q(John William Edinburgh),$$d1847-1899.
000435232 650_0 $$aAfrican American legislators$$zIllinois$$vBiography.
000435232 650_0 $$aLegislators$$zIllinois$$vBiography.
000435232 651_0 $$aIllinois$$xPolitics and government$$y1865-1950.
000435232 651_0 $$aIllinois$$xRace relations$$xHistory$$y19th century.
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