Senator Dick Durbin @SenatorDurbin
150 years ago today, Hiram Revels was elected as our nation’s first African American Senator. But in the time since… https://t.co/V9al9F0KvU — PolitiTweet.org
New York Times Opinion @nytopinion
Elected to the Senate 150 years ago, Hiram Revels was a pioneer of black political power, says Eric Foner https://t.co/wMx4QV1nLd