ARKANSAS A-Z: Arkansas had nearly 100 Black legislators in the 1800s
In Arkansas, between 1868 and 1893, at least 87 Black men were elected to and served in the Arkansas General Assembly.
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Va. lawmakers tackle Confederate bills on day of honor for Black pioneers
Leaders of both parties honored 100 Black lawmakers from the Reconstruction era, then turned to modern battles over ...
Gary Franks: Black history and the Holocaust
In the early 1960s, when I was a little boy, the Ku Klux Klan attacked my family by burning a cross in front of our house, ...
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Scott becomes longest-serving Black senator
Scott was appointed to the Senate in 2012 by then-Gov. Nikki Haley (R) after former Sen. Jim DeMint (R) resigned. At the time, he was the first Black Republican senator since 1978 and the first ...
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Alabama sends two Black lawmakers to Congress for the first time after historic election
No Black Alabamian has ever been elected to serve in the U.S. Senate. And only four Black lawmakers have been elected to represent the state since Reconstruction. “This is an historic moment for ...
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Senator Raphael Warnock’s Push for a More Equitable America
After all, when he was born, there had been just one Black Senator elected since Reconstruction, his state of Georgia had never sent someone who looked like him to the upper chamber, and ...
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Scott becomes longest-serving Black senator
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) has become the longest-serving Black senator in U.S. history as the 119th Congress begins on Friday. Scott was appointed to the Senate in 2012 by then-Gov.