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Claude M. Lightfoot: Communism and Black Liberation

February 4, 2025

Claude M. Lightfoot (1910–1991) was an African American author, Chicago resident, political candidate, and member of the Communist Party USA’s national committee. In 1986, he donated a collection of his … Learn More

The Congressional Career of Arthur Wergs Mitchell

December 21, 2023

By estherwang

The Arthur W. Mitchell papers in our Abakanowicz Research Center document his time representing Chicago’s First Congressional District from 1935 to 1943, during which he was the only African American … Learn More

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