http://blog.nyhistory.org/jeff-davis-aint-this-a-go-henry-rhoades-revels-takes-his-seat-in-the-senate/ Thu, 16 May 2013 04:19:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://blog.nyhistory.org/jeff-davis-aint-this-a-go-henry-rhoades-revels-takes-his-seat-in-the-senate/#comment-1590 Leslie Cardinell Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:26:25 +0000 http://blog.nyhistory.org/?p=5871#comment-1590 Thank you Mr. Edward O’Reilly for honoring senator and educator Hiram Rhoades Revels. You did an excellent job pulling the pieces together and showing the reader just how ludicrous prejudice is. It is the perfect article for Black History.

]]> http://blog.nyhistory.org/jeff-davis-aint-this-a-go-henry-rhoades-revels-takes-his-seat-in-the-senate/#comment-1587 Norma Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:23:53 +0000 http://blog.nyhistory.org/?p=5871#comment-1587 State constitutions protecting voting rights for blacks included those of Delaware (1776), Maryland (1776), New Hampshire (1784), and New York (1777). Pennsylvania also extended such rights in her 1776 constitution, as did Massachusetts in her 1780 constitution.

]]> http://blog.nyhistory.org/jeff-davis-aint-this-a-go-henry-rhoades-revels-takes-his-seat-in-the-senate/#comment-1586 “Jeff: Davis, aint this a Go?”: Hiram Rhoades Revels takes his seat in the Senate | New-York Historical Society | HARD TRUTHS & bubble gum! Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:44:49 +0000 http://blog.nyhistory.org/?p=5871#comment-1586 [...] “Jeff: Davis, aint this a Go?”: Hiram Rhoades Revels takes his seat in the Senate | New-…. Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:Like Loading… Contemporary news, opinions and articles [...]

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