Hiram Revels subverted slave states and recruited soldiers in the Civil War. In the 150 years since he took office, he remains one of only 11 Black senators ever elected or appointed.

Hiram Revels East was founded in his honor. Through Hiram Revels East, Revels-Davis said she provides free college workshops for high schoolers and their parents, alongside a $250 scholarship.

The first Black Republican to serve in the U.S. Senate was a preacher by the name of Hiram Revels. He was born free, to free parents, in 1827. Mississippi state legislators sent Revels to ...

Hiram Rhoades Revels, 27 Sep 1827 - 16 Jan 1901 Exhibition Label Born Fayetteville, North Carolina When Hiram Revels joined the U.S. Senate on February 25, 1870, he became the first African American ...

Senator Hiram Revels (left) was the first African American member of the United States Senate, representing Mississippi. He took the oath of office on Feb. 25, 1870. Blanche Kelso Bruce (right ...

Young raised enough funds to build a church for Hiram Revels. It’s been rebuilt twice, but St. Paul’s African Methodist Episcopal Church still welcomes a small congregation.

Senator Hiram Revels (left) was the first African American member of the United States Senate, representing Mississippi. He took the oath of office on Feb. 25, 1870.

Hiram R. Revels was born on September 27, 1827, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Revels participated in the Civil War, organizing two black regiments for the Union Army and fighting for the Union ...

Here is theGrio’s list of most influential Black politicians in American history. Hiram Rhodes Revels Hiram Revels is depicted around 1870, the year he was elected to the U.S. Senate.

The shirt displays the last names of Emily Fisher, Hiram Young, James Boldridge, Hiram Revels and Samuel Shepard horizontally. Vertically, letters from each name spell 'Indep,' short for Independence.

Hiram Rhodes Revels broke political barriers in 1870 when he was elected to the United States Senate, becoming the first African-American person to enter either chamber of Congress. Revels, born ...