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In 1870, Walls was nominated as the Republican candidate for Florida's sole at-large congressional seat after a contentious party convention. A moderate faction of mostly white carpetbaggers , led by U.S. Senator Thomas W. Osborn , supported the freedman Robert Meacham , while the majority of black delegates were split between several more ...
African American Members of the United States Congress: 1870-2012 A 66-page history produced by the Congressional Research Service. Black Americans in Congress, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives; Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007 C-SPAN video with Matt Wasniewski as the presenter. He discusses the history of African ...
He served South Carolina's 1st congressional district beginning in 1870 during the Reconstruction era following the American Civil War. The first African-American woman to serve as a representative was Shirley Chisholm from New York's 12th congressional district in 1969 during the Civil Rights Movement.
Joseph Hayne Rainey (June 21, 1832 – August 1, 1887) was an American politician. He was the first black person to serve in the United States House of Representatives and the second black person (after Hiram Revels) to serve in the United States Congress.
Jefferson Franklin Long (March 3, 1836 – February 4, 1901) was a U.S. congressman from Georgia.He was the second African American sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives and the first African-American congressman from Georgia.
January 27 – The first college sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, is established at DePauw University. February 2 – The Cardiff Giant is proven a hoax. February 3 – The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, guaranteeing African-American males the right to vote, is ratified. [1]
Kanah Flex, the dancer and artist discovered by FKA Twigs and Aaron Sillis in 2014, shared the tale of his hair transplant and how it left him looking like a cartoon character. Showing the camera ...
John Willis Menard (April 3, 1838 – October 8, 1893) was a federal government employee, poet, newspaper publisher and politician born in Kaskaskia, Illinois to parents who were Louisiana Creoles from New Orleans.