Draft:Morris Lewis (civil rights leader)

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Morris W. Lewis and Oscar Stanton De Priest (sitting), 1929
Morris W. Lewis and Oscar Stanton De Priest (sitting), 1929

Morris W. Lewis (?) was an American civil rights leader, and a U.S. Capitol office worker. He served as the secretary to Oscar Stanton De Priest in 1934, the only African American member of the U.S. House of Representatives.[1][2] Lewis and his son were Black and denied restaurant service at the U.S. House of Representatives public restaurant at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. in 1934.[1][3][4] As a result, he helped organize the first sit-in demonstration against Jim Crow laws in the Washington, D.C. area.[1][5][6]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference bread was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Mann, Kenneth Eugene (1972). "Oscar Stanton DePriest: Persuasive Agent for the Black Masses". Negro History Bulletin. 35 (6): 134–137. ISSN 0028-2529. JSTOR 24767380.
  3. ^ Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007. United States Congress. 2008-10-03. p. 281. ISBN 978-0-16-080194-5.
  4. ^ Beth L. Savage, ed. (1995). "Oscar Stanton DePriest House". African American Historic Places. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 205–206. ISBN 978-0-471-14345-1.
  5. ^ "Closing of House Cafe Advocated". Evening star (Washington, District of Columbia). April 26, 1934. Retrieved 2023-05-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Lawson, Edward (1934-06-02). "Lindsey Warren Tells of "Jim-Crow" Wing of the House "Near The Kitchen"". New Pittsburgh Courier. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-05-07 – via Newspapers.com.