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De Priest, Oscar Stanton (1871-1951)

US representative. A Republican, he was the first black American on the Chicago city council, resigning because of alleged mob connections. He fought against Jim Crow laws in the House of Representatives, later returning to Chicago politics and real estate.

Born in Florence, Alabama, the son of freed slaves, he moved north as a boy after a neighbour was lynched. Working as a painter in Chicago at age 17, he had his own decorating firm by 1905, later moving into the real estate business.

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