[DOC] [TLE] Cory Booker and the First Black Senators | The African Americans ... [PAR] Hiram Revels, the first black senator in Congress, paved the way for men like ... 
first two, Hiram R. Revels (1870-1871) and Blanche K. Bruce (1875-1881), ... 
state legislatures, not voters, decided who would represent them in the U.S. 
Senate. ... just beginning, and the former slaves of the Deep South were on the 
verge of... [DOC] [TLE] African American Congressmen - Charles W. Chesnutt [PAR] The first two African American Senators were Hiram Revels and Blanche K. 
Bruce. ... There were two African Americans elected to office who represented the 
state of Mississippi. ... Elected: March 5, 1875, Photo of B. Bruce ... but his voice 
did not show his African origin" Tindall, George B., South Carolina Negros 1877-
1900. [DOC] [TLE] Black Leaders During Reconstruction - American Civil War ... [PAR] Frederick Douglass, Hiram Rhodes Revels, Bruce, African American Leaders 
during Reconstruction ... During the first two years of Reconstruction, blacks 
organized Equal Rights Leagues throughout the South and held state and ... In 
1967, almost a century after Hiram Revels and Blanche Bruce served in the U.S. 
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dislike 0 ... was the first African American to serve in the United States Senate, his 
... Revels was a Civil War veteran elected to represent Mississippi by that ... was 
testament to the enduring problem of racism in the Deep South so... [DOC] [TLE] Reconstruction in Mississippi, 1865-1876 | Mississippi History Now [PAR] Hiram R. Revels of Natchez was appointed by the predominantly Republican ... 
Republican Blanche K. Bruce of Bolivar County, Mississippi, in 1875 was the ... 
Reconstruction for Mississippi's black and white citizens was particularly intense. 
... such as South Carolina, the first state to secede from the Union, and 
Mississippi,... [DOC] [TLE] Newt Knight, the story goes on forever, continued ... - Renegade South [PAR] Sep 25, 2012 ... It's unlikely that United States Senator Blanche Kelso Bruce of Mississippi ... 
Senator born in slavery and representing a Deep South state could put forth a ... 
slaves and heedless of Northern opinion, passed the South's first Black Codes. 
.... of Blanche K. Bruce were Hiram R. Revels and John Roy Lynch. [DOC] [TLE] PS: Political Science & Politics - MyWeb - Texas Tech University [PAR] (2) first African American Senator from South Carolina since Reconstruction. We 
found ... Bruce and Hiram R. Revels, both of Mississippi. (Foner 1988 ). [DOC] [TLE] Page 1 >> Objectives identify new forces in southern politics ... [PAR] state governments created during. Radical ... Many whites in the South felt that 
any southerner who helped the ... Two African Americans, both representing ... In 
1874, Blanche K. Bruce became the first African ... one southern senator, "and 
white men must govern it." ... Hiram R. Revels became the first African American. [DOC] [TLE] Foner & Mahoney on Origins of Reconstruction.pdf - Middlebury [PAR] The Black Codes, a series of laws passed by Southern states to define 
freedmen's rights and responsi- bilities .... Both, he said, threat- ... In April 1866, 
the Civil Rights Bill became the first ..... Fourteen sat in the House of 
Representatives, and two, Hiram Revels and. Blanche K. Bruce, represented 
Mississippi in the Senate. [DOC] [TLE] Did you know? - BrothasSpeakFTL [PAR] In both cases, Scott, a Tea Party favorite and the first black senator from the South 
... to represent the 1 percent and the 99 percent, the Senate is now 2 percent 
black. ... first two, Hiram R. Revels (1870-1871) and Blanche K. Bruce (1875-
1881), ... with prospects willing to relocate to black-majority states in the Deep 
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Question: The first 2 Black Senators, Hiram Revels & Blanche Bruce, both represented this Deep South state
Answer: Mississippi