birth_place credits birth_date article_title education name
chicago , illinois , usa '' autobiography of black chicago '' '' an autobiography of black do jazz '' '' an autobiography of black politics '' '' n't the victory monument '' '' i refuse to learn to stop fail '' '' views from the back of the bus me '' now '' '' an 25 february 1920 dempsey travis
 roosevelt university dempsey travis
dempsey travis

dempsey travis -lrb- 1920-2009 -rrb- was a real estate entrepreneur and civil rights activist who , later in life , became a prominent historian and author , writing extensively on african american history , politics , social issues , and music .
travis was born in 1920 in chicago , il , and served in the united states army from 1942-1946 before earning his bachelor of arts degree from roosevelt university in 1949 .
