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History Short: Black History Month, US Congress #UntoldBlackHistoryII #Shorts
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2:04Now PlayingThis video is part of “Untold Black History II,” a collaboration of several history YouTubers concerning the history of black people in the United States and beyond as well as their ancestors both in and out of Africa. Please see the link in the description for this video for the complete playlist
On February 25, 1870, history was made when Hiram Rhodes Revels, an African American man from Mississippi, was sworn in as a US Senator, the first African American member of the US Congress.
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