1902 - 1991
(1902–91), union leader; vice president, PHWU, Chicago (1943–48); member, Board of Directors, NCPFEPC (1943–45); vice president, Chicago branch, NAACP (elected in 1948); field director, Political Action Committee, CIO (1948–55); field director, then assistant national director, Committee on Political Education, AFL-CIO (1955–67); labor-management relations specialist, OEO (1967–80). During a 1946 CIO convention, he discussed with Mitchell cooperation between the PHWU and the Chicago branch of the NAACP.