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Hiram Revels and Blanche Bruce: America’s First Black Senators

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Todd Arrington

On February 25, 1870, visitors in the U.S. Senate gallery burst into applause when the new Republican senator from Mississippi entered the chamber. This man was no ordinary senator. He was Hiram R. Revels, and he was the first African … Continue reading →

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