The Oscar Stanton De Priest House is the current name of an eight-flat apartment

Apartment

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 building located at 4536-4538 South Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Drive in Chicago

Chicago

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, Illinois

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, USA. It was built in 1920 and is part of the Grand Boulevard

Grand Boulevard, Chicago

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 community area

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.

From 1929 to 1951, it served as the home of Oscar Stanton De Priest

Oscar Stanton De Priest

Oscar Stanton De Priest was an American lawmaker and civil rights advocate who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1929 to 1935. He was the first African American to be elected to Congress in the 20th century....

, the first post-Reconstruction African American

African American

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 elected to the United States Congress

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. The building was designated a National Historic Landmark

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on May 15, 1975. It is not currently open to the public.

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