Photograph of First African-American Senator Hiram Revels Hiram Rhodes Revels of Mississippi was sworn in to the Senate on February 25, 1870, becoming the first African American Senator and the first African American in Congress overall. via the National Archives at Kansas City on Twitter
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Photograph of First African-American Senator Hiram Revels

Hiram Rhodes Revels of Mississippi was sworn in to the Senate on February 25, 1870, becoming the first African American Senator and the first African American in Congress overall.

via the National Archives at Kansas City on Twitter

Source: research.archives.gov

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