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Ferdinand Lee Barnett (Chicago)

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704: 40: 543: 610: 494:). Tourgee recommended Wells contact Barnett, and Barnett agreed to take the case. This may have been Barnett's introduction to Wells, whom he would marry two years later. However, Barnett came to agree with the advice of Tourgee that the case could not be won, as a black woman would never win such a case heard by a white, male jury, and the case was dropped. 663: 314:, in 1852. His mother was a freewoman, Martha Brooks, born about 1825. His father, also named Ferdinand Lee Barnett, was born in Nashville about 1810 and worked as a blacksmith. He purchased his family's freedom the year Ferdinand was born. They lived in Nashville until about 1859, when they left the United States and moved to 506:– The Afro-American's Contribution to Columbian Literature". The exposition, held in Chicago, refused to include an African-American exhibit. The pamphlet was another early example of Barnett's personal and professional relationship with Wells. The pamphlet was published by Barnett, Wells, abolitionist 485:
for libel when the journal attacked Wells over her reports on the racism and injustice of lynching. It had been claimed that lynching, while not legal, was a natural result of the need for revenge of a community against perpetrators of violent crime and did not single out blacks. Wells' work showed
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and had a good record. In 1902, Barnett made national news when he suggested that 10 million blacks would revolt against lynch law in the South at a gathering at Bethlehem Church in Chicago. In 1904 he was appointed as head of the Chicago branch of the Republican Party's Negro Bureau. This
691:– which was converted from a saloon. Barnett was initially declared winner, but the results were reviewed and Barnett became the only one of 27 Republican candidates rejected. If he had been elected, Barnett would have been the second black judge in a court of record after 438: 683:, the first black candidate for a judgeship in Illinois. Barnett lost the election by 304 votes due to a lack of support by white and black Republicans. In the campaign for the position, Barnett did not gain the full support of black ministers, particularly 703: 472:", was refused, one member of the audience declaring: "I don't want to sing that song until this country is what it claims to be, 'sweet land of liberty'." Gaines substituted the Civil War-era song about the abolitionist martyr, " 464:. The act sparked a national outcry and Barnett took part in meetings in Chicago called to organize reaction. At a meeting of one thousand people at Bethel A. M. E. Church, Reverend W. Gaines' call for the crowd to sing the then 593:. Barnett's attraction to Wells included his recognition of the mutual support for each other's careers that the relationship would bring. Shortly before their marriage, Wells purchased Barnett's stake in the 964: 1349: 628:
Barnett was an active Republican, and his support for the party put him in line for public office. In 1896, he was put in charge of the bureau of information and education for blacks by the
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and Cowen of "Chicken Joe" Campbell. Although Campbell was convicted for the murder of Odelle B. Allen, his death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by Governor
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and the end of slavery, settling in Chicago, Illinois. Ferdinand was educated in Chicago schools, first attending the old Jones school at Clark and Harrison. He entered
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in 1876. Mary and Ferdinand had two children, Ferdinand Lee and Albert Graham Barnett. Mary died in 1890 of heart disease. The younger Ferdinand Barnett served as
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was a radical journal that focused on justice and equal rights, and Barnett was soon recognized as a local black leader. He was selected as a delegate to the
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Barnett left the position of assistant state's attorney in 1910, turning to private practice where he advocated for African-American rights. He often worked
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to represent her on the case, but Tourgee refused, having largely retired from law (with the exception of his ongoing support of the case which would become
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in Nashville, where he gave a noted speech calling for unity and education. He was a delegate to the 1884 Inter-State Conference of Colored Men in
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Alfreda Duster (1904–1983), Chicago, Illinois. Interviewed by: Marcia McAdoo Greenlee, March 8 and 9, 1978. Library, Harvard University,
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Barnett started practicing law around 1883. His prominence grew quickly and in 1888 he was considered for a Republican nomination for
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In December 1877, Barnett, along with co-editors Abram T. Hall, Jr. and James E. Henderson, organized the semi-monthly newspaper, the
20: 386:. He moved to Chicago in 1884, where he served as an editor of the paper. (Clark was appointed as US ambassador to Liberia in 1891.) 248:(February 18, 1852 – March 11, 1936) was an American journalist, lawyer, and civil rights activist in Chicago, beginning in the late 296:. He was active in anti-lynching and civil rights causes and was called "one of the foremost citizens Chicago has ever had" by the 742: 140: 128: 636: 503: 1369: 1344: 1324: 629: 406: 1359: 394: 349: 232: 1319: 828:
Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: From the Age of Segregation to the Twenty-first Century
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Also in 1896, Barnett became the first black assistant state's attorney in Illinois; he was appointed by
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The event inspired Wells, who began to research and speak out against lynchings. In 1893, Wells sued the
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In 1893, Barnett coauthored a pamphlet entitled "The Reason Why the Colored American is not in the
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and became the paper's manager and co-editor, while Barnett focused on his legal career. Reverend
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of the second ward in Chicago. His most best remembered case was the defense with attorneys
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All the world's a Fair: Visions of Empire at American international expositions, 1876–1916
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Barnett's father died in early February 1898. His mother died on November 11, 1908.
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monthly in 1878. The third black person to be admitted to the practice of law in
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A Refugee from His Race: Albion W. TourgΓ©e and His Fight Against White Supremacy
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Barnett died aged 84 on March 11, 1936. He was buried alongside Ida B. Wells at
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supply sergeant in World War I. Albert Barnett became the city editor of the
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Grave marker of Ferdinand Lee Barnett and his wife Ida B. Wells-Barnett at
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Knock at the Door of Opportunity: Black Migration to Chicago, 1900–1919
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The Black Struggle for Public Schooling in Nineteenth-Century Illinois
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American journalist, lawyer, and civil rights activist (1852–1936)
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the falseness of this narrative. Wells asked lawyer and activist
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and extradition proceedings. He frequently appeared before the
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See introduction of the 2013 edition of Rydell, Robert W.
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The Barnett family returned to the US in 1869 after the
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on the recommendation of the Cook County Commissioner
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Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law alumni
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In 1906, Barnett was nominated as a judge in the new
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In 1892, he started a law partnership with 8: 581:, and Herman was named for the owner of the 1290:Activists for African-American civil rights 1234: 1232: 1089: 1087: 840: 838: 836: 395:May 1879 National Conference of Colored Men 1124: 1122: 456:by a white mob while in police custody in 448:In 1892, three men, including a friend of 356:. They were also journalists and lived in 38: 27: 1016:(Chicago, Illinois), September 12, 1888, 921:(New York, New York), November 19, 1908, 19:For other people with similar names, see 1028: 1026: 937:(Chicago, Illinois) December 10, 1877, 760: 739:Universal Negro Improvement Association 534:" for the R. T. Davis Milling Company. 173: 285:, he also became a successful lawyer. 206: 1305:19th-century African-American lawyers 1173:The Negro in Illinois: The WPA Papers 768:Lupton, John A. (February 24, 2020). 675:Municipal court judgeship controversy 401:, and the national convention of the 273:Northwestern University School of Law 202: 7: 1285:20th-century African-American people 1081:. University of Chicago Press, 2013. 954:GM Rewell & Company, 1887. p1100 699:Return to private practice and death 569:Wells remained in Chicago after the 429:, whom Barnett frequently opposed. 861:"Golden Wedding of Colored Couple" 518:, a painting exhibit by scientist 310:Ferdinand Lee Barnett was born in 14: 1355:People from Nashville, Tennessee 1315:American anti-lynching activists 1242:. SIU Press, 2014, pp. 191, 289. 348:Numbered among his cousins were 1295:American civil rights activists 880:. SIU Press, 2009, pp. 100–101. 530:'s portrayal of the character " 198: 169: 1162:. Accessed September 16, 2016. 1020:. Accessed September 15, 2016. 941:. Accessed September 15, 2016. 925:. 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Washington 589:, who supported the 571:Columbian Exposition 538:Marriages and family 497: 427:Booker T. Washington 407:Afro-American League 350:Ferdinand L. Barnett 312:Nashville, Tennessee 257:Nashville, Tennessee 233:Ferdinand L. Barnett 205:; died  102:Union College of Law 64:Nashville, Tennessee 1360:Tennessee Democrats 1049:"Not Their Country" 971:, 24 February 2006. 730:on April 12, 1918. 583:Chicago Inter Ocean 512:Irvine Garland Penn 331:Central High School 1320:Illinois Democrats 1189:The New York Times 1143:Chicago Legal News 1132:. 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Index

Ferdinand Barnett

Nashville, Tennessee
Oak Woods Cemetery
Union College of Law
Democratic
Republican
Mary Henrietta Graham
Ida B. Wells
Alfreda
Ferdinand L. Barnett
Alfred S. Barnett
Reconstruction era
Nashville, Tennessee
African-American
Windsor, Ontario
American Civil War
Northwestern University School of Law
The Chicago Conservator
Illinois
Ida B. Wells
state's attorney
Chicago Defender
Nashville, Tennessee
Windsor, Ontario
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
American Civil War
Central High School
Northwestern Law School
Lloyd G. Wheeler

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