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schopenhauer Alexander Twilight became the first African American elected to a state legislature in 1836.
schopenhauer Joseph Rainey became the first African American U.S. Representative, serving during the Reconstruction era.
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Early state representation: Alexander Twilight was elected to Vermont's legislature in 1836, decades before the Civil War.
An elected official who writes and passes laws for a state or nation. In 1870, Hiram Rhodes Revels became the first African American to serve in the United States Senate.
Which state elected Alexander Twilight, the first African American state legislator, in 1836?
In which year did Joseph Rainey become the first African American in the House of Representatives?
Hiram Revels and Joseph Rainey were elected during which historical U.S. period?
In 1953, Cora Brown became the first African American woman elected to which state's senate?
Shirley Chisholm, the first African American congresswoman, represented which state in the U.S. House?
Shirley Chisholm ran for president in 1972 using which famous campaign slogan?