FTP, who was this man, the first African American elected to the U.S. Senate?
This man was imprisoned in Missouri in 1854 for preaching to African Americans. Later, when elected as a state senator in 1869, he sought to restore voting and office holding rights to former confederates. Ending his career as president of Alcorn College, he left his position as a church pastor and school principle in Baltimore to serve as a chaplain to black Union soldiers during the Civil War, and later settled in Natchez, Mississippi, where he gained his greatest claim to fame by replacing Jefferson Davis in a government post. FTP, who was this man, the first African American elected to the U.S. Senate?
This man was imprisoned in Missouri in 1854 for preaching to African Americans.
Hiram Revels