© 1997 by Christopher Robert Reed

All rights reserved

No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic
or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and
retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of
American University Presses' Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to
this prohibition.

The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National
Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials,
ANSI Z39.48-1984.
∞⃝™

Manufactured in the United States of America

Reed, Christopher Robert.
The Chicago NAACP and the rise of black professional leadership, 1910-1966 /
Christopher Robert Reed.
p. cm. — (Blacks in the diaspora)
Includes index.
ISBN 0-253-33313-X (cloth : alk. paper)
1. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Chicago Branch—History.
2. Afro-Americans—Civil rights—Illinois—Chicago—History—20th century.
3. Afro-American leadership—Illinois—Chicago—History—20th century.
4. Chicago (Ill.)—Race relations.
I. Title II. Series.
F548.9.N4R44 1997
305.896'073077311—dc21 97-9017

1 2 3 4 5 02 01 00 99 98 97