Thanks for pointing this out. Did you know he was Republican?
Today in 1870, Hiram Rhodes Revels became the first black Member of Congress just 5 years after the Civil War. He paved the way for 15 more black men, who would become Members of Congress in the next decade. #BlackHistoryMonth
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