Don L. Crawford

Don L. Crawford was an American politician of the Democratic party, who was the first African American person to serve as a city commissioner of Dayton, Ohio.^[1][2] He served on the commission from 1962^[3] to 1967.^[4]

References

1. ^ "Negro Sets Pace". New York Times. November 4, 1965. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60C11FD3C54167A93C6A9178AD95F418685F9. Retrieved 19 June 2011. "Dayton's first Negro commissioner, Don L. Crawford, won re-election but ran second to a fellow commissioner. David L. Hall" 
2. ^ "Dayton Official Speaks Up On Police Brutality". Jet: p. 10. December 6, 1962. http://books.google.com/books?id=0rsDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA10&dq=%22Don+L.+Crawford%22+dayton+1962#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 19 June 2011. 
3. ^ Kline, Benjamin (March 30, 1992). "Witness to History". Dayton Daily News: p. 3B. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=0F505198C9C4F0E9&p_docnum=1. Retrieved 19 June 2011. 
4. ^ Williamson, Daniel Raymond (1975). Feature writing for newspapers. Hastings House. ISBN 9780803823129. http://books.google.com/books?id=SDobAQAAIAAJ. Retrieved 19 June 2011. 

External links

• Don L. Crawford Papers, Special Collections and Archives, Wright State University, Dayton, OH

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