Owen Pelt

Owen D. Pelt (April 23, 1916 - September 17, 1968)[1] was a pastor and state legislator in Illinois.[2] He served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1967-1968. He was born in Jackson, Mississippi.[3] He was a Democrat.[4]

He was the pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in Chicago.[5] He co-authored The story of the National Baptists (1960).

References

  1. ↑ "Obituary for Owen D. Pelt (Aged 52)". Chicago Tribune. September 19, 1968. p. 72. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  2. ↑ "HR0691 92nd General Assembly". ilga.gov.
  3. ↑ Williams, Erma Brooks (April 12, 2008). Political Empowerment of Illinois' African-American State Lawmakers from 1877 to 2005. University Press of America. ISBN 978-0-7618-4018-3 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "African American legislators in Illinois, 1876-2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Notes on MIA Mass Meeting at Hutchinson Street Baptist Church, by Donald T. Ferron | The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute". kinginstitute.stanford.edu.
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