Good News in History, January 16

Good News in History, January 16

150 years ago today, Jefferson Franklin Long was sworn in as the second African American man elected to the U.S. Congress. A Republican from the state of Georgia, he was the first Black member to speak on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. Born a slave in Knoxville, Georgia, Long learned to read […]

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