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Black Americans in Congress Black Americans in Congress. Since 1870, when Senator Hiram Revels of Mississippi and Representative Joseph Rainey of South Carolina became the first African Americans to serve in Congress, a total of 146 African Americans have served as U.S. Representatives, Delegates, or Senators.
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- Obama, an Illinois senator who has been elected as the nation's first black president, bested John McCain, an Arizona Republican aiming to be the oldest to assume the presidency. Kerry cruised to a fifth term over Republican Jeff Beatty, a former CIA official and Army Delta Force member from Harwich.
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- Story highlights. Washington (CNN)Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina -- who is the only African-American Republican in U.S. Senate -- delivered an emotional floor speech Wednesday about the unfair police scrutiny he has faced over his life because he is a black man.
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- Includes. 1  The book “A Journey Beyond Ourselves” (12” x 12” (L x W)) 2  1 silkscreen hand-printed protective book case (12.5” x 12.5” x 1.25” (L x W x D)) 3  1 exclusive silkscreen hand-printed canvas (28” x 12” (L x W)) 4  1 exclusive silkscreen hand-printed bookmark. 5  1 digital download card.
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- Edward Brooke made history in 1967 as the first African-American senator elected by popular vote. He was also the first black senator to carry out two full, consecutive terms before being defeated in 1978.
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- Guion Guy Bluford is the first African-American in space, and served NASA on several missions before his retirement to the private sector in 1993. Guion Guy Bluford is the first African-American in space, and served NASA on several missions before his retirement to the private sector in 1993.
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Keith Ellison Biography.com Politician Keith Ellison made history in 2006 as the first Muslim to be elected to the U.S. Congress. He is also the first black politician from Minnesota to serve in Congress.
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Thurgood Marshallâs unique Supreme Court legacy On August 30, 1967, the Senate confirmed Thurgood Marshall as the first African-American to serve as a Supreme Court Justice. Marshall was no stranger to the Senate or the Supreme Court at the time. On August 30, 1967, the Senate confirmed Thurgood Marshall as the first African-American to serve as a Supreme Court Justice. Marshall was no stranger to the Senate or the Supreme Court at the time. Marshall was confirmed in a 69-11 floor vote to join the Court.
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Women stepping to the forefront of Senate races in 2016 But for all the relative progress women have made in the Senate, there is only one woman of color currently serving: Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, who is of Asian descent. The first and last black woman senator was Illinois’ Carol Moseley Braun, whose term ended in 1999.
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Kamala Harris breaks a color barrier with her U.S. Senate win Kamala Harris is elected California's new U.S. senator. California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) California voters on Tuesday elected the state’s first new U.S. senator in 24 years, and made history in the process. State Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris won the race, according to the Associated Press, becoming the first black politician in history to represent California in the Senate.
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- By Eric Bradner, CNN. updated 8:17 PM EST, Wed November 5, 2014. Washington (CNN) -- South Carolina's Tim Scott on Tuesday became the first African-American senator to win election in the South since Reconstruction.
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- A Black. Man, a Moor, John Hanson was the First Black President of the United States! 1781-1782 A.D. George Washington was not the first President of the United States.
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Revels, Hiram Rhodes (1827?â1901) Hiram Rhoades Revels was the first African American United States Senator, filling the seat left vacant by Jefferson Davis in 1861 when Mississippi seceded from the Union. Born in the 1820s in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Hiram Revels was the son of free parents of mixed African American and Native American ancestry. Revels moved with his family to Lincolnton, North Carolina in 1842, where he became a barber.
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In praise of grading on a curve Like democracy, grading on a curve may be the worst possible system — except for all the alternatives. A. By “curve” I mean a range of ways to assure a relatively consistent distribution of grades from class to class.
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Major African American Office Holders Since 1641 First Person of African Ancestry Elected to a Public Office in British North America: Matthias de Souza, Colonial Maryland Legislature, 1641-1642. First Person of African Ancestry Elected to a State Office in the United States: Alexander Twilight, Vermont Legislature, 1836-1837. First African American Woman Elected to a State Legislature: Crystal Bird Fauset, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1938-1940.
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- Buy Now >. James Meredith was the first black to enroll in the University of Mississippi on October 1, 1962. His attempt to attend the all-white university forced the President John F. Kennedy to use federal troops against the state of Mississippi’s forces to allow for Meredith to become a student at the school.
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- The Democrats' Missing History. As Democrats prepare to nominate Sen. Barack Obama to be the first black president, the Democratic National Committee and its chairman, Howard Dean, have whitewashed the party's horrific and lengthy record of racism. The omission is in the section of the DNC Web site that describes the party's history.
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The US Senate Will Now Have More Black Members Than Ever in Its History: 2 Throughout American history, there have only been eight black senators in total; in addition to Scott and Cowan, they include: Hiram Rhodes Revels (R-Miss.), Blanche Kelso Bruce (R-Miss.), Edward Brooke (R-Mass.), Carol Moseley Braun (D-Ill.), Barack Obama (D-Ill.), and Roland Burris (D-Ill.).
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Timeline: Key Moments in Black History On November 4, Barack Obama, becomes the first African American to be elected president of the United States, defeating Republican candidate, Sen. John McCain. Barack Obama Democrat from Chicago, becomes the first African-American president and the country's 44th president.
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- P.B.S. Pinchback Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback was the first African American  governor. He was governor of Louisiana for just 35 days from  December 9, 1872 to January … 13, 187).
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Famous Firsts by African Americans 1 Edward Brooke became the first African-American Senator since Reconstruction, 1966–1979. 2  Carol Mosely Braun became the first black woman Senator serving from 1992–1998 for the state of Illinois.
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- Forty-second Congress. Five black members in the House of Representatives: Benjamin S. Turner of Alabama; Josiah T. Walls of Florida; and Robert Brown Elliot, Joseph H. Rainey and Robert Carlos DeLarge of South Carolina.
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Presidents On February 1, 1865, Abraham Lincoln signed the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery. The 15th Amendment, granting black men the right to vote was adopted on February 3, 1870; on February 12, 1909 the NAACP was founded; and on February 25, 1870, Hiram Rhodes Revels, the first black US Senator, took the oath of office.
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Barbara Jordan She was the first elected black state senator of Texas since Reconstruction; the first black female to serve as president pro tem of the Texas State Senate (and, for one day in 1972, as acting Governor of Texas); and the first southern African-American woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Ku Klux Klan Hugo L. Black is remembered as a distinguished U.S. Supreme Court justice, a progressive U.S. Senator, and an able trial attorney. Black also was a member of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in the 1920s. Public disclosure of this fact came shortly after his appointment to the Supreme Court was confirmed by the Senate in 1937. The resulting public uproar would probably have doomed his Court appointment if the disclosure had come just a few weeks earlier.
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List of first African-American mayors First African American elected mayor of East St. Louis, Illinois: James Williams. First African-American mayor of Tallahassee, Florida and first African-American mayor of a state capital: James R. Ford.