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150th anniversary: Mississippi senator Hiram Rhodes Revels became the first African American to be...

Name: 150th anniversary: Mississippi senator Hiram Rhodes Revels became the first African American to be...
Start: 2020-02-25

Tue, February 25, 2020

7 yr ago

In 1870, Mississippi senator Hiram Rhodes Revels became the first African American to be seated in the U.S. Congress.

Also on Feb 25, 2020

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Wikipedia "On this day" selected anniversary, 150 years (1870 to 2020).

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