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Representative Shirley Chisholm was the first African-American woman to serve in Congress
Representative Shirley Chisholm was the first African-American woman to serve in Congress
First black senator and representatives: Sen. Hiram Revels (R-MS), Rep. Benjamin S. Turner (R-AL), Robert DeLarge (R-SC), Josiah Walls (R-FL), Jeffers
First black senator and representatives: Sen. Hiram Revels (R-MS), Rep. Benjamin S. Turner (R-AL), Robert DeLarge (R-SC), Josiah Walls (R-FL), Jefferson Long (R-GA), Joseph Rainey and Robert B. Elliott (R-SC)
Political cartoon: Revels (seated) replaces Jefferson Davis (left; dressed as Iago from Shakespeare's Othello) in the Senate. Harper's Weekly Feb. 19,
Political cartoon: Revels (seated) replaces Jefferson Davis (left; dressed as Iago from Shakespeare's Othello) in the Senate. Harper's Weekly Feb. 19, 1870. Davis had been a senator from Mississippi until 1861.
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George Henry White
George Henry White
This portrait of George Henry White appeared in the NAACP monthly, The Crisis, shortly after his death.
This portrait of George Henry White appeared in the NAACP monthly, The Crisis, shortly after his death.