"If there is one place in America where there should not be segregation, that place is in the armed services" - Speech by the First African American to Chair a Congressional Committee
Dawson, William. First African American to chair a congressional committee - Dawson was a lawyer and politician who served in the Chicago, IL US House of Representatives for nearly 3 decades. Dawson was deployed during WWI in the segregated 366th Infantry Regiment of the United States Army from 1917-1919, this.....