Draft:E. B. Jourdain
Sr. and Jr. both involved in civil rights
Edwin Bush Jourdain Sr. (1865-1938)? was a lawyer in New Bedford, Massachusetts and was involved in the Niagara Movement.[1]
Edwin Bush Jourdain Jr. (1900-1986) was the first African American elected Alderman in Evanston, Illinois. Served from 1931-1947. Also the state's first African-American Assistant State Superintendent of Public Instruction in Illinois. [2]
He graduated from Harvard in 1921.[3] His home at 2032 Darrow Avenue was declared an African American Heritage Site in 2020.[4]
Edwin Jourdain, Edwin B. Jourdain
obit[5]
https://legacyofslavery.harvard.edu/alumni/edwin-bush-jourdain-jr
https://bmrc.lib.uchicago.edu/portal/view/?id=BMRC.SHOREFRONT.JOURDAIN.xml
https://www.newspapers.com/article/herald-and-review-spoke-at-annual-antioc/13220884/
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b191-i224
His son Spencer Jourdain is an author who wrote The Dream Dancers: Volume One.
References
[edit]- ^ "Highlighted Members".
- ^ "Portal Search".
- ^ "Harvard Honors Black Alum Edwin Jourdain Jr. With Portrait in Winthrop House | News | the Harvard Crimson".
- ^ "Edwin B. Jourdain Jr.'s house becomes African American heritage site". 20 July 2020.
- ^ "Edwin B. Jourdain Jr., 86, 1st Black Evanston Alderman". Chicago Tribune. July 1986.