This Week In Illinois History: Illinois Congressman Battles Jim Crow (April 28, 1941)

from This Week in Illinois History · host Clint Cargile

On April 28, 1941, Illinois Congressman Arthur Mitchell argued before the U.S. Supreme Court that African Americans were entitled to railroad accommodations equal to white passengers.

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