RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA
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Symbolized the end of the Civil War
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Helped grow the popularity of the Republican party in the South
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Was the first African American to serve as a member of the Senate
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Championed the rights of Hispanic Americans in state politics
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Detailed explanation-1: -Senator Hiram Revels of Mississippi was the first African American member of the United States Senate. He took the oath of office on February 25, 1870. Senator Hiram Revels of Mississippi was the first African American member of the United States Senate. He took the oath of office on February 25, 1870.
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: -Hiram Revels of Mississippi became the first African American senator in 1870. Born in North Carolina in 1827, Revels attended Knox College in Illinois and later served as minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Baltimore, Maryland.
Detailed explanation-4: -The first two African-American senators represented the state of Mississippi during the Reconstruction era, following the American Civil War. Hiram Rhodes Revels, the first African American to serve in the Senate, was elected by the Mississippi State Legislature to succeed Albert G.
Detailed explanation-5: -First African-American Representative elected to Congress Joseph Rainey of South Carolina began his service in the House of Representatives when he was sworn in on December 12, 1870.