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 ...

The Downtown Natchez Alliance on Saturday honored the work of volunteers in Natchez who work to Keep Natchez Blooming in the ...

America’s first Black senators, Hiram Revels and Blanche K. Bruce, presented by historian Dan Holt, Thursday, Feb. 23, 1:30 p.m. View the presentation via Zoom at the Walter Reed 55+ Center ...

It was a time when Hiram Revels, born free and a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, was elected to the U.S. Senate from Mississippi, the first Black U.S. senator.

In 1870, for example, Hiram Revels became the first Black person elected to the U.S. Senate, representing Mississippi, and in 1873, Henry Hayne became the first Black man to attend the University ...

Hiram Revels, the first Black US senator, took office in the late 1800s as part of a wave of African American lawmakers during the Reconstruction era, but he was elected by the Mississippi ...

Hiram Revels (1827–1901), depicted at the far left, was the first Black member of the U.S. Senate, representing Mississippi from 1870 to 1871. Beside him, from left to right, are members of the House ...

That same evening, a large crowd gathered inside Shakespeare Hall, in the Bastable Block on East Genesee Street, to hear two incredible men speak: The Hon. Hiram Revels, U.S. Senator from ...

At center, the world-famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass is flanked by portraits of Blanche Bruce and Hiram Revels of Mississippi, the first Black senators (and the last until 1967).

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.