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Oscar De Priest’s successful election campaign to represent a district in Chicago initiated the trend of black representation in northern cities, where the Great Migration sharply increased African-American populations. Born in Alabama, De Priest became the first African American elected from the North and the first to be elected in the 20th century.
Campaign button, c. 1933, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives
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