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Hiram Rhodes Revels (September 27, 1827 [note 1] – January 16, 1901) was an American Republican politician, minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and college administrator. Born free in North Carolina, he later lived and worked in Ohio, where he voted before the Civil War.
First African-American senator from Mississippi: Hiram R. Revels (also first in U.S.) First African-American acting governor: Oscar James Dunn of Louisiana from May until August 9, 1871, when sitting Governor Warmoth was incapacitated and chose to recuperate in Mississippi. (see also: Douglas Wilder, 1990) 1872
First African-American woman to earn a degree in library science: Virginia Proctor Powell Florence. [133] [134] She earned the degree (Bachelor of Library Science) from what is now part of the University of Pittsburgh. [135] [136] [137]
Check the history books for a better example of moral leadership: Hiram Revels, the first Black Republican in the Senate. Granderson: The Senate's only Black Republican now loves Trump. It's not a ...
Horace R. Cayton Jr. was born April 12, 1903, in Seattle, Washington, to newspaper publisher Horace R. Cayton, Sr. and Susie Revels.His mother was the daughter of Hiram Rhodes Revels, the first black American elected to the United States Senate.
Born in 1907 to Susie Revels Cayton and Horace Cayton, Sr., Cayton was a civil rights leader in Seattle and California. [1] [2] His grandfather was Hiram R. Revels, the first black senator in the United States. [3] Cayton was forced to seek employment at age 15 as a telephone operator due to a series of unfortunate financial events. [4]
Learning new things is important if we want to live a long and fulfilling life. Acquiring new skills and performing activities such as puzzles and other brain games strengthens our neurological ...
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.