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Il y a 6 jours · Joseph Rainey was the first African American elected to the House of Representatives and the second to serve in the United States Congress during Reconstruction. He was also the first black presiding officer of the House of Representatives. Rainey was the Republican representative from South Carolina.
- Mark Zubarev
- 2015
Il y a 1 jour · Shortly after the amendment went into effect, Black men began voting in droves, sending the first African Americans to Congress. My students learn about Black politicians such as Senator Hiram Revels of Mississippi and Congressman Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina. While celebrating these achievements, I convey that the 15th Amendment was just ...
Il y a 1 jour · Morris Industries founder, chairman and CEO Nate Morris was honored with the 2024 Rainey Center Civic Excellence Award presented by the Joseph Rainey Center for Public Policy
Il y a 2 jours · 1870 - Hiram Rhodes Revels becomes the first Black member of the Senate; Joseph Rainey becomes the first Black member of the U.S. House of Representatives. 1870- African American Police Constable Wyatt Outlaw of Graham, North Carolina lynched by the Ku Klux Klan.
Il y a 5 jours · The Great Migration was the movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1916 and 1970. In 1900, South Carolina's African American population was approximately 58%, a majority. By 1970, the population decreased to 30%.
Il y a 5 jours · The 41st United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1869, to March 4, 1871, during the first two years of Ulysses S. Grant's presidency.
Il y a 6 jours · LEXINGTON, Ky., September 12, 2024 -- (BUSINESS WIRE)--Morris Industries is proud to announce that Nate Morris, Chairman and CEO, was honored with the 2024 Rainey Center Civic Excellence Award...
