Illinois Authors

Lowell D. Thompson

Born: in Chicago, Illinois
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Lowell D. Thompson is a Chicago-born,(Chicago's South Side) bred and based artist/writer/creative catalyst.

Biography: Lowell thompson spent the first 35 years of his adulthood creating ads and commercials for many of the nation's biggest advertising agencies.He was one of the first African Americans hired in advertising when American companies finally opened themselves to 'unwhites' following the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the urban riots that followed.

Primary Literary Genre(s): Non-Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

Lowell D. Thompson on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=lowell+d.+thompson

Selected Titles

	African Americans in Chicago ISBN: 9780738588537 OCLC: 756576742 Arcadia Pub., Charleston, S.C. : ©2012.
	Lowell Thompson's "White folks" #1 : ISBN: 0964761610 OCLC: 62196076 L. Thompson, [Chicago, Ill.?] : ©1996.