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Corneal A. Davis speaks at a podium with Illinois Speaker of the House William A. Redmond looking on.

Corneal A. Davis and Illinois Speaker of the House William A. Redmond at a speaker's podium.

Corneal A. Davis with Illinois Speaker of the House W. Robert Blair II.

Corneal Davis (far left) seated at table with three unidentifed men and one unidentifed woman.

Corneal A. Davis with Illinois State Senator Cecil A. Partee.

Corneal A. Davis with Illinois State Senator Cecil A. Partee.

Portrait of Corneal A. Davis, a member of the Illinois House of Representatives for District 1 from 1943-1978.

Portrait of Corneal A. Davis, a member of the Illinois House of Representatives for District 1 from 1943-1978.

Portrait of Corneal A. Davis, a member of the Illinois House of Representatives for District 1 from 1943-1978.

Illinois State Police observing African American protestors in Cairo, Illinois during race protests in the late 1960s and 1970s.

A band playing at an event with people dancing.

White protestors in Cairo, Illinois carry signs featuring swastikas and anti-African American statements on a picket line protesting African Americans during racial unrest in the late 1960s and 1970s.

Large group of African American politicians. First row (l-r): Harold Washington, Corneal A. Davis, Cecil A. Partee, Fred J. Smith, James McClendon, unidentified. Second row (l-r) Emil Jones, Jr., Lewis A. H. Caldwell, Raymond Whitney Ewell, Wyvetter…