On Oct. 19, 1870, voters elected the first African Americans to serve full terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Black Republicans Robert De Large, Robert Elliott and Joseph Rainey made history when they won three out of the four congressional seats for South Carolina. Rainey was the longest-serving Black congressmen during Reconstruction and served with more than a dozen other Black lawmakers.
“Together they helped shape a Black political powerhouse in the South,” said Charles Blow.
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