Nov  2  From Slavery to the Halls of Congress
Channel: Natchez National Historical Park
Date: 02/11/2016

Darrell White presents today's Natchez History Minute about John Roy Lynch, who died on this day, Nov. 2 in 1939 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Born a slave, Lynch was one of the first African-Americans elected to Congress; he later practiced law and wrote books about his life and Reconstruction.