Who Was the First Black Famous Person?
U.S. Representative: Joseph Rainey became a Congressman from South Carolina in 1870 and was reelected four more times. The first black female U.S. Representative was Shirley Chisholm, Congresswoman from New York, 1969?1983. U.S. Senator: Hiram Revels became Senator from Mississippi from Feb.

Who is the most famous black person in history?

No single African American in history is perhaps as famous as Martin Luther King, Jr. A federal holiday on the third Monday each January celebrates his legacy. Entire sections of textbooks are devoted to his civil rights activism in the 1950s and 1960s. Dr.

Who was the first famous African American?

First Senator: Hiram Rhodes Revels was the first African American ever elected to the U.S. Senate. He represented the state of Mississippi from February 1870 to March 1871.
Sophia Al-Mansoor

Sophia Al-Mansoor

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