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
Nashville council to vote on restoring ousted state lawmaker
Today in Nashville, the officials (Nashville metro council) are to vote to reinstate one of the two Black Democratic lawmakers (Memphis Rep. Justin Pearson & ...