P. B. S. Pinchback - Site Details - P. B. S. Pinchback Tweet Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (May 10, 1837 – December 21, 1921) was the first non-white and first person of African American descent to become governor of a U.S. state. A Republican, he served as the 24th Governor of Louisiana for 35 days, from December 9, 1872, to January 13, 1873. Date Added:November 09, 2011 06:11:45 PM Hits:0 P.B.S. Pinchback, First Governor | P.B.S. Pinchback, First Governor Leave a comment Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (May 10, 1837 – December 21, 1921) was the first non-white and first person of African American descent to become governor of a U.S. state.

A Republican, he served as the 24th Governor of Louisiana for 35 days, from December 9, 1872, to January 13, 1873. Nicholas Lemann, in Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War, described Pinchback as “an outsized figure: newspaper publisher, gambler, orator, speculator, dandy, mountebank – served for a few months as the state’s Governor and claimed seats in both houses of Congress following disputed elections but could not persuade the members of either to seat him.”[1] Early lifePinchback was born in May 1837 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, to Eliza Stewart, a former slave, and William Pinchback, her former master, who were living together as husband and wife. The family had diverse ethnic origins; William Pinchback was of mixed Scots-Irish, Welsh and German descent, while Eliza Stewart had African, Cherokee, Welsh and German ancestry.[2] Shortly after Pinchback’s birth, his father William Pinchback had purchased a much larger plantation in Mississippi. Pinchback was brought up in relatively affluent surroundings.

He was raised as white and his parents sent him north to Cincinnati, Ohio, to attend school. In 1848, however, Pinchback’s father died. William Pinchback’s relatives disinherited his mulatto wife and children and claimed his property in Mississippi. Fearful that the northern Pinchbacks might also try to claim her five children as slaves, Pinchback’s mother fled with them to Cincinnati. Pinckney left school and traveled on river and canal boats. For awhile he resided in Terre Haute, Indiana, working as a hotel porter. During that time he was known as Pinckney B. Stewart. He had not yet adopted the surname Pinchback. In 1860 Pinchback married Nina Hawthorne of Memphis, Tennessee. The Civil War began the following year, and Pinchback decided to fight on the side of the Union. In 1862 he furtively made his way into New Orleans, which had just been captured by the Union Army. He raised several companies for the Union’s all black 1st Louisiana Native Guards Regiment. Commissioned a captain, he was one of the Union Army’s few commissioned officers of African American ancestry.

He became Company Commander of Company A, 2nd Louisiana Regiment Native Guard Infantry (later reformed as the 74th US Colored Infantry Regiment).[3] Passed over twice for promotion and tired of the prejudice he encountered from white officers, Pinchback resigned his commission in 1863. At the war’s end, he and his wife moved to Alabama, to test their freedom as full citizens. Racial tensions there during Reconstruction were reaching shocking levels of violence, however,[4] he brought his family back to New Orleans. Political careerAfter the war, Pinchback returned to New Orleans and became active in the Republican Party, participating in Reconstruction state conventions. In 1868, he organized the Fourth Ward Republican Club in New Orleans. That same year, he was elected as a State Senator, where he became senate president pro tempore of a Legislature that included 42 representatives of African American descent (half of the chamber, and seven of 36 seats in the Senate). In 1871 he became acting lieutenant governor upon the death of Oscar Dunn, the first elected African-American lieutenant governor of a U.S. state.

In 1872, the incumbent Republican governor, Henry Clay Warmoth, suffered impeachment charges near the end of his term. State law required that Warmoth step aside until convicted or cleared of the charges. Pinchback, as lieutenant governor, succeeded as governor on December 9 and served for 35 days until the end of Warmoth’s term. Warmoth was not convicted and the charges were eventually dropped. Pinchback became the recipient of vicious hate mail from across the country as well as more local threats on his own life.[citation needed] Also in 1872, at a national convention of African-American politicians, Pinchback had a public disagreement with Jeremiah Haralson of Alabama. James T. Rapier (also of Alabama) submitted a motion that the convention condemn all Republicans who had opposed President Grant in that year’s election.[5] Haralson supported the motion, but Pinchback opposed it because it would include Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, a lifelong anti-slavery fighter whom Pinchback believed African-Americans should laud.[citation needed] Later life This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources.

Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2011) After his brief governorship, Pinchback remained active in politics and public service. In the elections of 1874 and 1876, Pinchback was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and then the U.S. Senate respectively, another pioneering accomplishment as the state’s first African American representative to Washington. Both election results were contested, and his Democratic opponents were seated instead. It was the beginning of a reversal of the political gains African Americans had achieved since the war’s end. Pinchback served on the Louisiana State Board of Education and was instrumental in establishing Southern University, a historically black college, in New Orleans in 1880. It relocated to Baton Rouge in 1914.[6] He was a member of Southern University’s Board of Trustees (later redesignated the Board of Supervisors). In 1882, Republican President Chester A. Arthur appointed Pinchback as Surveyor of Customs in New Orleans. In 1885, he studied law at Straight University, which later became Dillard University, in New Orleans. He was admitted to the Louisiana bar in 1886.

He was part of the Comité des Citoyens (Citizens’ Committee) which in 1892 staged the New Orleans civil-rights actions of Homer Plessy which led to the U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson (legalizing racial segregation). Later Pinchback moved to New York City and worked as a Marshal. Finally he moved to Washington, D.C., where he practiced law. Pinchback died in Washington in 1921 and is interred in Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans. His service as governor helped him to be interred there although the cemetery was segregated and reserved for whites. LegacyPinchback is the maternal grandfather of Harlem Renaissance author Jean Toomer. It was not until 1990 that another African American became governor of any U.S. state. In 1990, Douglas Wilder of Virginia became the second African-American state governor (and the first to be elected to office). Deval Patrick of Massachusetts was elected governor and took office in January 2007.

David Paterson of New York became the fourth African-American governor on March 17, 2008 when he succeeded to office following the resignation of Eliot Spitzer. Wilder, Patrick and Paterson are all Democrats. Share this: Famous Men in Black History Educational Posters for Classrooms & Homeschoolers b. July-1808; Rhode Island d. after 1857 Solomon Northup was the son of free blacks and landowners in New York State, and well educated for the time and place. He is remembered today because he was one of the few free black men to regain freedom after being kidnapped and sold into slavery. In 1841 Northup was drugged, abducted and sold in Louisiana where he spent over a decade with various owners before being liberated in 1853. His recovery came about because of an itinerant Canadian carpenter, working in Louisana, was able to contact Northup's family and an 1840 NY law that required the release and return of African-American residents who had been kidnapped and sold into slavery. After returning to his family Northup published his memoir, Twelve Years a Slave, and became active speaker in the abolition movement. b.

3-4-1877; Paris, Kentucky d. 8-27-1963; Cleveland, OH Garrett Morgan, a practical man with humble beginnings, devoted his life to creating things that made the lives of other people safer and more convenient. His first significant invention, the Morgan Safety Hood, or “Breathing Device” as he called it, was originally worn mainly by firefighters, but made national news as the “gas mask” used to rescue several men trapped during an explosion in a tunnel beneath Lake Erie. Morgan's second major invention came about after seeing a collision at an intersection. His stop-and-go signal with a stop for all directions - a precursor to our red, yellow, green light traffic signals, halted traffic in all directions. b. 5-10-1837; Macon, GA d. 12-21-1921; Washington, DC Republican P.B.S. Pinchback was the first person of African-American descent to become governor of a U.S. state. He served as the 24th Governor of Louisiana for 35 days, from December 9, 1872, to January 13, 1873.

He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, and served on the Louisiana State Board of Education. Pinchback also recruited black soldiers for the Union in New Orleans during the Civil War. Pinchback's parents were former slave Eliza Stewart of African, Cherokee, Welsh and German ancestry, and William Pinchback, Eliza's former master. Their five children were brought up in a relatively affluent home on a large plantation in Mississippi. When the father died in 1848 Eliza fled north with her children to prevent the Pinchback relatives from claiming them as slaves. The author Jean Toomer was Pinchback's grandson. b. 5-17-1875 ; New York City , NY d. 7-26-1939 Educator , literary critic, and civil rights activist Joel Elias Spingarn was one of the first Jewish leaders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), serving as chairman of its board from 1913 to 1919, its treasurer from 1919-30, its second president from 1930 until his death in 1939.

Spingarn is the namesake of the Spingarn Medal, established in 1914, and awarded annually by the NAACP for outstanding achievement by an African American. His will stipulated a bequest to fund the Spingarn Medal in perpetuity. Arthur Spingarn, brother of Joel, was also active in NAACP. b. 10-2-1800 ; Southhampton Co., VA d. 11-11-1831; Southampton Co. Nat Turner led the largest slave rebellion in the American South prior to the Civil War . He was tried, convicted and executed. Turner, who learned to read and write, was deeply religious. He was known as “The Prophet” among fellow slaves and often conducted Baptist services, influencing both black and white.

His rebellion was based on a vision - “heard a loud noise in the heavens, and the Spirit instantly appeared to me and said the Serpent was loosened, and Christ had laid down the yoke he had borne for the sins of men, and that I should take it on and fight against the Serpent, for the time was fast approaching when the first should be last and the last should be first.” Konscious Korner Konscious Korner Today in Black History: March 8th, 1876 The United States Government refused to seat P. B. S. Pinchback, elected Senator from Louisiana. He was the first non-white and first person of African American descent to become governor of a U.S. state. A Republican, he served as the 24th Governor of Louisiana for 35 days, from December 9, 1872, to January 13, 1873. "In 1863, during the Civil War, Pinchback traveled to New Orleans, Louisiana, and recruited African-American volunteers for the Union Army. He became captain of Company A, 1st Louisiana Native Guards (later reformed as the 73rd U.

S. Colored Infantry Regiment). He resigned his commission because of racial prejudice against black officers. After the war, Pinchback returned to New Orleans and became active in the Republican Party, participating in Reconstruction state conventions. In 1868, he organized the Fourth Ward Republican Club in New Orleans. That same year, he was elected as a State Senator, where he became senate president pro tempore of a Legislature that included 42 representatives of African American descent (half of the chamber, and seven of 36 seats in the Senate). In 1871 he became acting lieutenant governor upon the death of Oscar Dunn, the first elected African-American lieutenant governor of a U.S. state. In 1872, the incumbent Republican governor Henry Clay Warmoth, suffered impeachment charges near the end of his term. State law required that Warmoth step aside until convicted or cleared of the charges. Pinchback, as lieutenant governor, succeeded as governor on December 9 and served for 35 days until the end of Warmoth's term. Warmoth was not convicted and the charges were eventually dropped. Pinchback became the recipient of vicious hate mail from across the country as well as more local threats on his own life.

Also in 1872, at a national convention of African-American politicians, Pinchback had a public disagreement with Jeremiah Haralson of Alabama. James T. Rapier (also of Alabama) submitted a motion that the convention condemn all Republicans who had opposed President Grant in that year's election.[3] Haralson supported the motion, but Pinchback opposed it because it would include Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, a lifelong anti-slavery fighter whom Pinchback believed African-Americans should laud. After his brief governorship, Pinchback remained active in politics and public service. In the elections of 1874 and 1876, Pinchback was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and then the U.S. Senate respectively, another pioneering accomplishment as the state's first African American representative to Washington. Both elections were contested, and his Democratic opponents were seated instead. It was the beginning of a reversal of the political gains African Americans had achieved since the war's end. Pinchback served on the Louisiana State Board of Education and was instrumental in establishing Southern University, a historically black college, in New Orleans in 1880.

It relocated to Baton Rouge in 1914.[4] He was a member of Southern University's Board of Trustees (later redesignated the Board of Supervisors). In 1882, Republican President Chester Arthur appointed Pinchback as Surveyor of Customs in New Orleans. In 1885, he studied law at Straight University, which later became Dillard University, in New Orleans. He was admitted to the Louisiana bar in 1886. He was part of the Comité des Citoyens (Citizens' Committee) which in 1892 staged the New Orleans civil-rights actions of Homer Plessy which led to the U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson (legalizing racial segregation). Later Pinchback moved to New York City and worked as a Marshal. Finally he moved to Washington, D.C., where he practiced law. Pinchback died in Washington in 1921 and is interred in Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans.

His service as governor helped him to be interred there although the cemetery was segregated and reserved for whites." source: Today in Black History: February 21,1965 Today in 1965, one of the most influential black leaders, Malcolm X was assassinated in New York City at the Audubon Ballroom while speaking to the Organization of Afro-American Unity. "Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska on May 19th, 1925. By the time he was thirteen, his father had died and his mother had been committed to a mental hospital. His childhood, including his father's lessons concerning black pride and self-reliance and his own experiences concerning race, played a significant role in Malcolm X's adult life. After living in a series of foster homes, Malcolm X became involved in hustling and other criminal activities in Boston and New York. In 1946, Malcolm X was sentenced to eight to ten years in prison. While in prison, Malcolm X became a member of the Nation of Islam. After his parole in 1952, he became one of the Nation's leaders and chief spokesmen.

For nearly a dozen years, he was the public face of the Nation of Islam. Tension between Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad, head of the Nation of Islam, led to Malcolm X's departure from the organization in March 1964. After leaving the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X became a Sunni Muslim and made a pilgrimage to Mecca, after which he disavowed racism. He traveled extensively throughout Africa and the Middle East. He founded Muslim Mosque, Inc., a religious organization, and the secular, black nationalist Organization of Afro-American Unity. Less than a year after he left the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X was assassinated while giving a speech in New York." source: Today in Black History: Feb. 17, 1867 Today in 1867, 2 years after the ending of the Civil War, the Augusta Institute was founded in Augusta, GA by William Jefferson White, Rev. Richard C. Coulter & Rev. Edmund Turney. Located in the Springfield Baptiste Church, the oldest black church in the US, to educate African-American men in theology & education.

12 years later in 1879, the institute moved it's location to Atlanta, GA and changed it's name to Atlanta Baptiste Seminary. In 1885, under the leadership of it's second president, Dr. Samuel T. Graves, Atlanta Seminary moved to land donated by John D. Rockerfeller, to it's present location in Atlanta, GA. 1890 Dr. George Sale became the seminary’s third president, and in 1897 the school was renamed Atlanta Baptist College. "In 1906 Dr. John Hope became the first African-American president and led the institution’s growth in enrollment and academic stature. [1] He envisioned an academically rigorous college that would be the antithesis to Booker T. Washington’s view of agricultural and trade-focused education for African-Americans. In 1913, the seminary was renamed Morehouse College, in honor of Henry L. Morehouse, corresponding secretary of the Northern Baptist Home Missions Society. [1] Morehouse entered into a cooperative agreement with Clark College and Spelman College in 1929 and later expanded the association to form the Atlanta University Center.[1] Dr.

Samuel H. Archer became the fifth president of the college in 1931 and selected the school colors (maroon and white) to reflect his own alma mater, Colgate University. Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays became president in 1940.[1] Mays, who would be a mentor to Martin Luther King, Jr., presided over the growth in international enrollment and reputation. During the 1960s, Morehouse students were actively involved in the civil rights movement in Atlanta.[1] Mays’ speeches were instrumental in shaping the personal development of Morehouse students during his tenure. In 1967, Dr. Hugh M. Gloster became the seventh president. The following year, the college’s Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society was founded. In 1975, Dr. Gloster established the Morehouse School of Medicine, which became independent from Morehouse College in 1981." (source: wikipedia) Posted by About: P. B. S. Pinchback About: P. B. S.

Pinchback An Entity of Type : office holder , from Named Graph : , within Data Space : dbpedia.org Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (born Pinckney Benton Stewart May 10, 1837 – December 21, 1921) was an American publisher and politician, a Union Army officer, and the first person of African descent to become governor of a U.S. state. He was born free in Georgia. A Republican, Pinchback served as the 24th Governor of Louisiana for 15 days, from December 29, 1872, to January 13, 1873. He was later elected to the state legislature, serving in 1879-1880. Property abstract Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (born Pinckney Benton Stewart May 10, 1837 – December 21, 1921) was an American publisher and politician, a Union Army officer, and the first person of African descent to become governor of a U.S. state. He was born free in Georgia.

A Republican, Pinchback served as the 24th Governor of Louisiana for 15 days, from December 29, 1872, to January 13, 1873. He was later elected to the state legislature, serving in 1879-1880. Nicholas Lemann, in Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War, described Pinchback as "an outsized figure: newspaper publisher, gambler, orator, speculator, dandy, mountebank – served for a few months as the state's Governor and claimed seats in both houses of Congress following disputed elections but could not persuade the members of either to seat him." Congress was then controlled by Democrats. (en) Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (* 10. Mai 1837 in Macon, Georgia; † 21. Dezember 1921 in Washington, D.C.) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und der erste Afroamerikaner, der Gouverneur eines US-Bundesstaates war. Pinchback war Republikaner und vom 9.

Dezember 1872 bis 13. Januar 1873 Gouverneur von Louisiana. (de) Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (Macon, Georgia, 10 de mayo de 1837 - Washington, 21 de diciembre de 1921) fue el primer afroamericano que llegó a gobernador de un estado de los Estados Unidos. Miembro del partido republicano, en 1871 ocupó el cargo de teniente gobernador de Luisiana en sustitución del fallecido Oscar Dunn. Al año siguiente, tras el cese del gobernador Henry Clay Warmoth, ocupó el cargo de gobernador interino de dicho estado durante 35 días, desde el 9 de diciembre de 1872 hasta la toma de posesión del gobernador titular John McEnery el 13 de enero de 1873. (es) Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback ( - ) est un homme politique américain qui fut le premier afro-américain à gouverner un État des États-Unis.

Il fut gouverneur de Louisiane du au . (fr) Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (ur. 10 maja 1837 w Macon, zm. 21 grudnia 1921 w Waszyngtonie) – amerykański polityk, pierwszy afroamerykanin, który został stanowym gubernatorem w USA. Urodzony w Macon w Georgii był synem białego plantatora i jego byłej niewolnicy. Pobierał nauki w szkole w Cincinnati (Ohio). Po śmierci jego ojca, matka Pinchbacka również przeniosła się do Ohio. W czasie wojny secesyjnej Pinchback udał się do Luizjany, gdzie był jedynym murzynem w kontrolowanej przez Unię Gwardii Narodowej. Po zakończeniu wojny został aktywnym członkiem Partii Republikańskiej i brał udział w stanowej konwencji ds. rekonstrukcji.

W roku 1868 został wybrany w skład stanowego Senatu, gdzie pełnił urząd prezydenta pro tempore. Po śmierci wicegubernatora Luizjany Oscara Dunna, Pinchback został pierwszym wybranym afroamerykaninem na to stanowisko w ogóle. Został gubernatorem stanu po usunięciu z urzędu swego poprzednika Henry’ego Claya Warmoutha. Urząd ten zajmował od 9 grudnia 1872 do 13 stycznia 1873. Po zakończeniu swej krótkiej kadencji pełnił szerego różnych funkcji poblicznych. Przeniósł się do Waszyngtonu, a następnie na pewien czas do Nowego Jorku, gdzie został federalnym marshalem. Po powrocie do Waszyngtonu pracował jako prawnik. Zmarł tam w roku 1921.

(pl) Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (Macon, Geórgia, 10 de maio de 1837 — Washington, 21 de dezembro de 1921) foi um político estadunidense, primeiro governador de um estado dos Estados Unidos da América com ascedência africana. Republicano, governou a Luisiana por 35 dias, de 9 de dezembro de 1872 a 13 de janeiro de 1873. (pt) John McEnery and William P. Kellogg (en) comment Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (* 10. Mai 1837 in Macon, Georgia; † 21. Dezember 1921 in Washington, D.C.) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und der erste Afroamerikaner, der Gouverneur eines US-Bundesstaates war. Pinchback war Republikaner und vom 9. Dezember 1872 bis 13. Januar 1873 Gouverneur von Louisiana.

(de) Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (Macon, Geórgia, 10 de maio de 1837 — Washington, 21 de dezembro de 1921) foi um político estadunidense, primeiro governador de um estado dos Estados Unidos da América com ascedência africana. Republicano, governou a Luisiana por 35 dias, de 9 de dezembro de 1872 a 13 de janeiro de 1873. (pt) Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (born Pinckney Benton Stewart May 10, 1837 – December 21, 1921) was an American publisher and politician, a Union Army officer, and the first person of African descent to become governor of a U.S. state. He was born free in Georgia. A Republican, Pinchback served as the 24th Governor of Louisiana for 15 days, from December 29, 1872, to January 13, 1873. He was later elected to the state legislature, serving in 1879-1880.

(en) Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (Macon, Georgia, 10 de mayo de 1837 - Washington, 21 de diciembre de 1921) fue el primer afroamericano que llegó a gobernador de un estado de los Estados Unidos.Miembro del partido republicano, en 1871 ocupó el cargo de teniente gobernador de Luisiana en sustitución del fallecido Oscar Dunn. Al año siguiente, tras el cese del gobernador Henry Clay Warmoth, ocupó el cargo de gobernador interino de dicho estado durante 35 días, desde el 9 de diciembre de 1872 hasta la toma de posesión del gobernador titular John McEnery el 13 de enero de 1873. (es) Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback ( - ) est un homme politique américain qui fut le premier afro-américain à gouverner un État des États-Unis. Il fut gouverneur de Louisiane du au . (fr) Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (ur.

10 maja 1837 w Macon, zm. 21 grudnia 1921 w Waszyngtonie) – amerykański polityk, pierwszy afroamerykanin, który został stanowym gubernatorem w USA.Urodzony w Macon w Georgii był synem białego plantatora i jego byłej niewolnicy. Pobierał nauki w szkole w Cincinnati (Ohio). Po śmierci jego ojca, matka Pinchbacka również przeniosła się do Ohio.Po śmierci wicegubernatora Luizjany Oscara Dunna, Pinchback został pierwszym wybranym afroamerykaninem na to stanowisko w ogóle. (pl) Ohio.com - Black History Month 2014 ★ Owner <p>&#160;</p><p>For Black History Month, you may want to research your family history by going through your old photo albums to know who your ancestors were and what they may have looked like.</p><p>African American family members who know a great deal about their family genealogy, are true historians.

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Pinchback<br/>From <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212002957_1" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Wikipedia</span>, the free encyclopedia</p> <p>&#8226; P. B. S. Pinchback </p> <p>The first African-American governor was from LA. shortly after the civil war.&#160; </p> <p><img style="WIDTH: 391px; HEIGHT: 425px" src="" width="335" border="0" height="476"/></p> <div>25th Governor of Louisiana <br/>In office<br/>December 9, 1872 &#8211; January 13, 1873 <br/>Lieutenant none <br/>Preceded by Henry C.

Warmoth <br/>Succeeded by <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212002957_3">John McEnery</span> and William P.

Kellogg (election contested) </div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br/>&#160;<br/>Born May 10, 1837(1837-05-10)<br/><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212002957_4" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">Macon, Georgia</span> <br/>Died December 21, 1921 (aged 84)<br/><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212002957_5" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">Washington, DC</span> <br/>Political party Republican <br/>Spouse Nina Emily <br/>Religion African Methodist Episcopal <br/>Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (May 10, 1837 &#8211; December 21, 1921) was

 the first African American to become Governor of a U.S.

state. He was also the first non-white (biracial) Governor of Louisiana.

Pinchback, a Republican, served as the Governor of Louisiana for thirty-five days, from December 9, 1872, to January 13, 1873.</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>Nicholas Lemann, in Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War, described Pinchback as "an outsized figure: newspaper publisher, gambler, orator, speculator, dandy, mountebank -- served for a few months as the state's Governor and claimed seats in both houses of Congress following disputed elections but could not persuade the members of either to seat him."[1]</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>Contents [hide]<br/>1 Early life <br/>2 Political career <br/>3 Later life <br/>4 Legacy <br/>5 See also <br/>6 Notes <br/>7 References <br/>8 External links <br/>&#160;</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div><br/>[edit] Early life<br/>Pinchback was born in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_12120

02957_6">Macon, Georgia</span> (Bibb County), to a white planter (William Pinchback) and his former slave, Eliza Stewart.

Known as "Pinckney Benton Stewart," he was educated at Gilmore High School in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212002957_7">Cincinnati</span>. After his father died in 1848, he left <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212002957_8">Cincinnati</span> because he feared that his paternal relatives might try to force him into slavery. He worked as a hotel porter and barber in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212002957_9">Terre Haute, Indiana</span>.</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>In 1860, while in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212002957_10" style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Indiana</span>, Pinchback married Nina Emily.

They had two daughters and four sons.</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div><br/>[edit] Political career<br/>In 1863, during the Civil War, Pinchback traveled to <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212002957_11">New Orleans, Louisiana</span> and raised African-American volunteers for the Union Army. He became captain of Company A, 1st Louisiana Native Guards (later reformed as the 73th U. S. Colored Infantry Regiment). However, he resigned his commission due to racial prejudice against black officers.</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>After the war, Pinchback returned to <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212002957_12">New Orleans</span> and became active in the Republican Party, participating in Reconstruction state conventions. In 1868, he organized the Fourth Ward Republican Club in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212002957_13">New Orleans</span>.

That same year, he was elected as a Louisiana state senator, where he became the state senate's president pro tempore. In 1871 he became acting lieutenant governor upon the death of Oscar Dunn, the first elected African American lieutenant governor of a U.S. state.</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>In 1872, the incumbent Republican governor <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212002957_14">Henry Clay</span> Warmoth, was impeached and convicted, removing him from office. Pinchback, as lieutenant governor, succeeded as governor on December 9.</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>Also in 1872, at a national convention of African-American politicians, Pinchbank had a public disagreement with Jeremiah Haralson of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212002957_15">Alabama</span>. James T.

Rapier (also of Alabama) submitted a motion that the convention condemn all Republicans who had opposed President Grant in that year's election.[2] Haralson supported the motion, but Pinchback opposed it because it would include Senator Charles Sumner of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212002957_16" style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Massachusetts</span>, a lifelong anti-slavery fighter whom Pinchback felt African-Americans should laud.[citation needed]</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div><br/>[edit] Later life<br/>After his brief governorship, Pinchback remained active in politics and public service. He was elected to both the U.S. House of Representatives and the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212002957_17">U.S. Senate</span>, but both elections were contested, and his Democratic opponents were seated instead.

Pinchback served on the Louisiana State Board of Education and was instrumental in establishing the predominantly black Southern University in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212002957_18">New Orleans</span> in 1880 (later relocated to <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212002957_19">Baton Rouge</span> in 1914). He was a member of Southern University's board of trustees.</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>In 1882, Republican President Chester Alan Arthur named Pinchback as surveyor of customs in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212002957_20">New Orleans</span>. In 1885, he studied law at Straight University (which closed in 1934) in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212002957_21">New Orleans</span>.

He was admitted to the bar in 1886, and later moved to <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212002957_22">New York City</span> where he was a federal marshal, and then to Washington, D.C. where he practiced law.</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>Pinchback died in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212002957_23" style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Washington</span> in 1921 and was interred in Metairie Cemetery near <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212002957_24">New Orleans</span>, even though the cemetery at the time was segregated and deemed to be exclusively for whites.</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div><br/>[edit] Legacy<br/>It was not until 1990 that another African American became governor of any U.S. state.

In 1990, Douglas Wilder of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212002957_25" style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Virginia</span> became the second African-American state governor (and the first to be elected to the office). <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212002957_26">Deval Patrick</span> of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212002957_27">Massachusetts</span> was the third in January 2007 and David Paterson became the fourth on March 17, 2008, upon the resignation of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212002957_28" style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Eliot Spitzer</span>. Wilder, Patrick and Paterson are all Democrats.

Only once have two African-American governors served simultaneously (<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212002957_29">Deval Patrick</span> and David Paterson). In 2007, Republican <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212002957_30" style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Bobby Jindal</span>, who is of South Asian descent, was elected governor of Louisiana for a term that began in January 2008.

He is the second non-white to serve as governor of Louisiana.</div> <div>&#160;</div> <div>Pinchback is the maternal grandfather of Harlem Renaissance author <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1212002957_31" style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Jean Toomer</span>.</div> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-9096396242490737"; /* 468x60, created 8/26/08 */ google_ad_slot = "3029659805"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src=""> </script> Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:47:00 +0000 Oldest Black Church in Akron, OH ★ Owner <p><img src=""/>&#160;This

 photographs below&#160;were&#160;taken in 1928, and came from the collection of Charlotte Riley Steel.

The Wesly Temple A.M.E.&#160;Zion&#160;Church and its Congreation was once one of the Largest&#160;Black Chuches in Akron, Ohio and&#160; now the Oldest Black church thats still in existance today.</p> <p>&#160;The photograph had to be taken in several shots to view on this site, because it was to large to scan.

It was originally &#160;taken in Panaramic view&#160; in 1928 by the photographer-UNKNOWN<img src="" border="0"/><img src="" border="0"/><img src="" border="0"/><img src="" border="0"/><img src="" border="0"/><img src="" border="0"/><img src="" border="0"/></p> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-9096396242490737"; /* 468x60, created 8/26/08 */ google_ad_slot = "3029659805"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src=""> </script> Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:44:00 +0000 George Washinton Carver State Park ★ Owner <p><img src=""/>&#160;George Washington Carver State Park</p> <p>Submitted by: Charles Atkinson, George Washinton Carver State Park was the

 First&#160; Negro State Park in Georgia, and that, January 5,is George Washington Carver Recognition Day.

*This information is derived from the website of The Georgia State&#160; Parks and Historic Sites, written by Billy Townsend, State of Georgia Chief Historian (ret). Although Georgia has the oldest public recreation area in the nation (Indian Springs deeded to Georgia in 1825), it wasn't until 1950 that Georgia had its first Negro State Park. It is also the only State Park in Georgia to ever be named for an African American.<br/>&#160;<img src="" border="0"/> </p><p>Update&#160;by : C.H. Atkinson- 1/21/08&#160;&#160; <a style="color: crimson;" href="" target="_blank">A DAY AT CARVER PHOTOGRAPHS</a> </p><p>In 1950, Atlanta resident and former Tuskegee Airman John Loyd Atkinson Sr. was instrumental in establishing George Washington Carver State Park (1950-1975), the state&#8217;s only park ever named for an African American.

Carver was a brilliant inventor and chemist who helped the devastated farming community and spurred the South&#8217;s peanut industry and was awarded the Roosevelt Medal in 1939 for saving southern agriculture. Atkinson had leased the 345&#160;acres (1.4&#160;km&#178;;) adjacent to Red Top Mountain Park from the Corps of Engineers with the intention of establishing a private resort for Blacks, like American Beach in Florida. Governor Herman Talmadge helped establish the park and assimilate it into Red Top Mountain State Park, although operated and maintained separately. Atkinson became the park superintendent, the first African-American park manager in the state, serving from 1950 to 1958.

James Clarence Benham<span class="026252516-17012008"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">&#160;<font color="#000000"> Sr.</font>&#160;</font></span>, father of<span class="026252516-17012008"><font face="Arial" size="2">&#160; the first African American on the</font></span> Georgia Supreme Court<span class="026252516-17012008"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><font color="#000000">,</font>&#160;</font></span> Justice Robert Benham, became Carver Parks&#8217;s second park manager, serving for three years.

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p><p align="center"><font size="5"></font></p> Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:43:00 +0000 THE DEATH OF BLACK AMERICA -THE BOOK ★ Owner <P><EM><STRONG>OPOAA</STRONG></EM>, does it again, </P> <P>Author Eran Reya, </P> <P>of the book entitled <EM><STRONG>THE DEATH OF BLACK AMERICA</STRONG></EM>, has credited OLD PHOTOGRAPHS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS- UNKNOWN FACES, for the use of one of our photographs, (African American Family), which made the cover.</P> <P><IMG style="WIDTH: 328px; HEIGHT: 445px" height=390 src="" width=307 border=0></P> <P><EM>The Death of Black America</EM> explores these questions and more in this call to action urging Black Americans to evaluate their condition and change the thought patterns and behaviors that are destroying them.</P> <P><EM>The Death of Black America </EM>acknowledges how both

 collective ad individual plights are intertwined and investigates the immediate and future consequence of ignoring this reality.</P> <P>Through relevant and insightful text, the compelling analysis draws on a wealth of historical and statistical data to look at the factors that have led black America to its current state.

Thought-provoking and candid, The Death of Black America examines the interplay of racial stereotypes and misplaced identity and considers possible solutions.</P> <P>About the Author:</P> <P>The <EM>Death of Black America</EM> is the Author's first book, He has written short stories and several screenplays, He resides in Virginia</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 15 Aug 2007 03:45:08 +0000 OPOAA FEATURED IN MEMBER SPOTLIGHT ★ Owner <P>We would like to thank FreeWebs for featuring us in its Member Spotlight</P> <DIR> <DIR> <P align=left><U><A href=""><FONT color=goldenrod>Today's Feature</FONT></A></U><FONT color=goldenrod> </FONT></P> <P align=left><U><A href=""><FONT color=goldenrod>Member Spotlight </FONT></A></U></P> <P>&nbsp;</P></DIR></DIR> <P></P><B> <P align=left>Do You Know This Woman?</P> <P align=left><IMG style="WIDTH: 30

4px; HEIGHT: 351px" height=280 src="" width=295 border=0></P> <P>HER NAME IS CARDIE MAE MARTIN</P> <P>Submitted by: C.Warren<BR>Areas: AL,&nbsp; AKRON, OH</P></B> <P>OPOAA stands for Old Photographs of African Americans.

Their goal is to <A href=""><U><FONT color=goldenrod>help identify unknown faces</FONT></U></A> in family pictures and connect people with the past. Is your family history here? </P> <DIR> <DIR> <P><A href=""><U><FONT color=goldenrod>See if you recognize any faces</FONT></U></A></P> <P><A href=""><U><FONT color=#0000ff>Submit your own photos</U></FONT></A></P></DIR></DIR> Fri, 24 Nov 2006 03:15:01 +0000 OPOAA Photographs Featured by Screenwriter Claudia Adams ★ Owner <P>Dear OPOAA,<BR>I am a television/screenwriter/playwright who has specialized in the African American experience.&nbsp; My credentials include the 1985 "Who Said It's Fair" two part episode of "Cagney &amp; Lacey" that was nominated for numerous Beverly Hills NAACP Image Awards for its portrayal of blacks in the entertainment industry.

It also won an Emmy for the writing.&nbsp;&nbsp; </P> <P>My play, "Police Officers' Wives" was produced at the Ventura Court Theatre in 1997 and was nominated for two Beverly Hills NAACP Excellence in Theatre Awards and won one.&nbsp; </P> <P>My most recent work, "GRANDMOTHER DOLL" an African American "true love" story, is about Elizabeth, an 82 year old woman who is fighting for custody of her great-grandchildren in an attempt to hold her family together.&nbsp; She has a lover, Jake, who is helping her.&nbsp; As the story unfolds the subplot is Elizabeth and Jake's 60 year love story.&nbsp; They met in their twenties and fell in love when he was a musician, yet they both married others, Jake once and Elizabeth three times!&nbsp; The screenplay is listed as a Quarterfinalist Winner in the 2006 Slamdance Screenwriting Competition.</P> <P><A href=""> <P>I am in the process of making some kind of announcement, probably a large postcard that I will be sending out to Hollywood, announcing the Slamdance Award in hopes of getting

 interest in the project from an agent or producer.&nbsp; I know this is Emmy/Oscar worthy material if I can just get the attention of the right people.</P> <P>I would like permission to use a few pictures from your incredible site on the front of the postcard.&nbsp; It's as if I had seen your pictures beforehand and written the screenplay around them.&nbsp; There's a line in the screenplay where Elizabeth describes her pride as she walks into Church on Jake's arm.&nbsp; "You should see us walking into church.&nbsp; Him in his pin striped suit.&nbsp; MmmmMm!&nbsp; He looks good enough to frost a cake with!"&nbsp; LeNora Massey's photograph, CHURCH, is Jake and Elizabeth as I pictured them when I wrote that line!&nbsp; </P> <P>There are also numerous pictures submitted that I might like to use.&nbsp; CUTE LITTLE GIRL is exactly how I pictured Elizabeth's 6 year old great granddaughter and BABY AND ME is similar to the title "GRANDMOTHER DOLL." (Elizabeth searches for an African American "Grandmother Doll" to give to her littlest great granddaughter when she realizes she's

 going to be adopted and they'll never see each other again!&nbsp; She wants to leave the baby with something to remember her by) There are many more pictures that I may be able to use.</P> <P>As I mentioned, I would be happy if you let me use any one of these pictures for a 5x7 postcard but if you give me permission to use more I will probably make an <BR>8 1/2 X 11 collage.&nbsp; Mainly because I can't make up my mind which ones I like better than the others!&nbsp; They are all so wonderful!</P> <P>I have attached the Sundance score card of GRANDMOTHER DOLL so you can be sure it is of the highest quality and something you'd like to be associated with!&nbsp; I will definitely thank your site on the postcard for giving permission to use the photographs!</P> <P>Thank you so much.&nbsp;&nbsp; .<BR>Sincerely,<BR>Claudia Adams</P> Tue, 31 Oct 2006 05:31:08 +0000 TALK ABOUT ANY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

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MAYBE SOMEONE CAN IDENTIFY A FEW OF OUR PHOTOGRAPHS!!!! Sun, 15 Oct 2006 03:34:20 +0000 ★ Owner <P>Submission of the day, sent in by: Dsumler1,</P> <P>&nbsp;<STRONG><FONT color=red>Waxed Juices</FONT></STRONG></P> <P>I recall when i was a little girl buying little waxed juices figures some of them came in solider men and other figure they were so good i got a kick out of eating the wax.</P> <P>Thanks D, I surely do remember, will post it on the Time to Remember page.</P> Sat, 15 Apr 2006 22:23:41 +0000

Question: P B S Pinchback was the first non-white and first person of African American descent to become governor of a US state, serving for 35 days from 9 December 1872, to 13 January 1873. Which state was this?
Answer: Louisiana