Mitchell, Arthur Wergs, 1883-1968

LC control no.	n 97001945
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Mitchell, Arthur Wergs, 1883-1968 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Mitchell, Arthur W. (Arthur Wergs), 1883-1968
Associated country	United States
Associated place	Chicago (Ill.)
Birth date	1883-12-22
Death date	1968-05-09
Place of birth	Chambers County (Ala.)
Place of death	Petersburg (Va.)
Affiliation	Snow Hill Normal and Industrial Institute (Ala.) Harvard University Columbia University Republican Party (Ala.) Democratic Party (Ala.) United States. Congress
Profession or occupation	Teachers Legislators
Found in	The New Deal's Black congressman, 1997: CIP t.p. (Arthur Wergs Mitchell) galley (Arthur W. Mitchell; b. 1883, Alabama; d. 1968, Petersburg, Va.; first Afro-American democrat in Congress; Chicago Representative, 1935-1943) African American National Biography, accessed March 5, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Mitchell, Arthur Wergs; U.S. representative; born 22 December 1883 in Chambers County, Alabama, United States; earned a teacher's certification from Snow Hill Normal and Industrial Institution in Alabama; taught in rural schools (until 1908); founded Armstrong Agricultural College in West Butler, Alabama (1908); studied law at Harvard and Columbia; admitted to the bar (1927); campaigned for Republican candidates (1928); bolted to the Democrats (1932); the first African American to speak from the floor at a Democratic convention; exposed in Congress racial discrimination in the civil service, nominated black cadets to West Point and Annapolis, and condemned anti-Semitism in Germany; pledged unswerving loyalty to Roosevelt's New Deal; increasing numbers of blacks voted for Mitchell and his party (after 1936); retired from Congress (1942); died 09 May 1968 in Petersburg, Virginia, United States)
Associated language	eng