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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 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]
Sidney Revels Redmond was born on July 23, 1902, in Jackson, Mississippi, to Black parents Ida Alcorn Revels and Sidney Dillon Redmond. His maternal grandfather was politician Hiram R. Revels. [5] [6] He attended Harvard University for undergrad economics, [7] followed by attendance at Harvard Law School. [5] [8]
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 12:07, 4 August 2009: 410 × 888 (163 KB): Jospe {{Information |Description=Cropped version of {{en|1=Hiram Revels takes a seat for Mississippi in the U.S. Senate amidst a contemplative group of other senators (Carl Schurz and Charles Sumner among them) while Jefferson Davis, the former occupant, as Iag
Susie Sumner Revels was born in Mississippi on January 1, 1870, the same year her father, Hiram Revels, became the first African-American United States senator in US history. [1] Revels' middle name "Sumner" was a tribute to Charles Sumner , [ 2 ] Hiram Revels' friend, who was sworn in as the Massachusetts senator the year Susie was born. [ 3 ]
This is a list of Native American firsts.Native American people were the first people to live in the area that is now known as the United States. [1] This is a chronological list of the first accomplishments that Native Americans have achieved both through their tribal identities and also through the culture of the United States over time.
This list of history journals presents representative notable academic journals pertaining to the field of history and historiography.It includes scholarly journals listed by journal databases and professional associations such as: JSTOR, Project MUSE, the Organization of American Historians, the American Historical Association, [1] Goedeken (2000), [2] or are published by national or regional ...
The journal was established in 1938 as the Notes and Records of the Royal Society, under the control of Henry Lyons with the help of the assistant secretary of the Royal Society. [1] It obtained its current name, Notes and Records: the Royal Society journal of the history of science in 2014.