Black Fact = 1870 (October 19) – Robert Brown Elliott, Robert C. DeLarge, and Joseph H. Rainey, all South Carolinians, became the first blacks elected to the House of Representatives on this date in 1870. #theraydiotwins











Black Fact = 1870 (October 19) – Robert Brown Elliott, Robert C. DeLarge, and Joseph H. Rainey, all South Carolinians, became the first blacks elected to the House of Representatives on this date in 1870. #theraydiotwins