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Southern Illinois University
John W. E. Thomas: A Political Biography of Illinois' First African American State Legislator
Abstract
dc:description.abstractJohn W. E. Thomas (1847-1899) was elected as Illinois' first African American state legislator in 1877 and served three terms in the Illinois General Assembly. This dissertation serves as the first full length biography of Thomas and seeks to discuss African American politics and society in post Civil War Chicago.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Campus Only Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- History
- Year
- 2009
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Joens, David Arthur
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Batinski, Michael
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/293
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:opensiuc.lib.siu.edu:dissertations-1293