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| Shown in this picture are black congressmen from the late 1800s, including the first black person to serve in the United States Senate, Hiram Revels, far left, of Mississippi who served in the 41st Congress from 1869 to 1871. More than 20 blacks were elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate in the South during Reconstruction, the period of rebuilding after the American Civil War (1861-1865). | ||||||
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| African American History; Reconstruction (U.S. history); Congress of the United States; African Americans | ||||||
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