Illustration: Rep. Joseph Hayne Rainey. Credit: Simmie Knox; Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives.

First African American Congressman Elected: Newspapers React

By Tony Pettinato on December 12, 2016

An article about Joseph Hayne Rainey becoming the first African American ever elected to Congress, on 12 December 1870... (Read More)

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