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John Willis Menard – First Elected Black Congressman

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Hiram Rhoads Revels – First African American Senator

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Handwritten Letter on Senator Revels’ Official Stationary

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Alonzo Jacob Ransier – Former SC Lt. Governor and Early Black Congressman

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Blanche Kelso Bruce – First Black Senator to Serve a Full Term

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Edward W. Brooke – The First Black Senator Elected Since Reconstruction

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Carl Stokes – First African American Mayor of a Major City

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Barack Obama Elected President of the United States

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