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Dawson, William Levi

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Dawson, William Levi (1886-1970)

US representative. A lawyer, he became a Democrat, and served in Congress (1943-70). He opposed the poll tax and worked for fair employment practices. He was influential in delivering Chicago's black vote to President Kennedy in 1960.

He was born in Albany, Georgia, the grandson of slaves. He worked as a bellhop while earning his law degree in Chicago. Before entering Congress, he was a Chicago alderman (1933-39). He was more of a party loyalist than a civil-rights activist, preferring to support Richard Daley over a reform mayor in 1955.
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