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William Levi Dawson, Jet Magazine Cover

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Date

1962-11-22

Publisher

Johnson Publishing Company

Dimensions

5 7/8 × 4 1/8 × 1/8 in. (14.9 × 10.5 × 0.3 cm)

Accession Number

2019.108.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

Jet magazine’s cover story for its November 22, 1962, issue details Representative William Dawson’s organizational role in the Democratic Party, both in his hometown of Chicago and nationwide. “The Chief,” as the article refers to him, was a “political genius.” Despite his vote-wrangling powers, the article also details the criticism Dawson received for what many saw as a lack of commitment to civil rights. Jet points out though, that he might also be considered the first African-American Representative who “advocated overall support of a party program from foreign affairs to commerce rather than an overemphasis on civil rights. . . . [H]e is the race’s first political statesman.”

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