RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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He was the first African American man seated in the senate
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He was the first African American senator to oppose Reconstruction
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He was the first African American senator to resign from office
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He was the first formerly enslaved African American man to serve as senator
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Detailed explanation-1: -In assuring the equal rights of all we complete the work. On February 25, 1870, Revels, on a party-line vote of 48 to 8, with Republicans voting in favor and Democrats voting against, became the first African American to be seated in the United States Senate.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1870 Hiram Revels of Mississippi became the first African American senator. Five years later, Blanche K. Bruce of Mississippi took the oath of office. It would be nearly another century, 1967, before Edward Brooke of Massachusetts followed in their historic footsteps.
Detailed explanation-3: -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 186 African Americans have served as U.S. Representatives, Delegates, or Senators.