• Creator Names Dickerson, Earl B., 1891-1986.
  • Title Earl B. Dickerson papers [manuscript], 1918-1986.
  • Physical description 4 linear ft. (5 boxes)
  • Collection summary Scrapbooks (7 v.) and unbound materials, including newsclippings, photographs, speeches, correspondence, campaign literature, legal briefs, and other materials of Earl B. Dickerson, a Chicagoan, relating to his career as a lawyer and his activities in politics, civil rights and civil liberties, and government service. Topics include his graduation from the University of Chicago Law School (the first African American to earn a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the school, 1920); officer of Supreme Life Insurance Company; government service as assistant corporation counsel for the City of Chicago (1923-1927), assistant attorney general for the State of Illinois (1933-1939), the Democratic alderman of the 2nd Ward in the Chicago City Council (1939-1943), and member of the first U.S. Fair Employment Practices Commission; Progressive Party candidate for Congress (1940, 1948); leadership of the National Bar Association, National Lawyers Guild, Chicago Urban League, National Urban League, NAACP, and the NAACP's Legal Defense and Education Fund.
  • Biographical or Historical Note Earl Burrus Dickerson.
  • Names
    • Dickerson, Earl B., 1891-1986 Archives.
    • Chicago (Ill.). Assistant Corporation Counsel.
    • Democratic Party (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Chicago Urban League.
    • Illinois. Assistant Attorney General.
    • Illinois. Attorney General's Office.
    • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
    • NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
    • National Bar Association.
    • National Lawyers Guild.
    • National Urban League.
    • United States. Fair Employment Practice Commission.
    • Progressive Party (U.S. : 1948)
  • Subjects
    • Actions and defenses Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • African American lawyers Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • African American legislators Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • City council members. Illinois Chicago 20th century.
    • Civil rights movements United States 20th century.
    • Discrimination in employment United States 20th century.
    • Liberty.
    • Election districts Illinois Chicago 2nd Ward.
  • Geographic coverage
    • Chicago (Ill.) Politics and government 20th century.
    • Illinois Politics and government 20th century.
    • United States Politics and government 20th century.
  • Genre
    • Briefs (Legal) aat
    • Correspondence. aat
    • Photographic prints. gmgpc
    • Scrapbooks. aat
    • Speeches. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.