African American Politicians Reconstruction - SPC

Who served as the first African American Senator, for the state of Mississippi (1870-1871), advocating for equal rights?

Who served as US Senator in Mississippi between 1875-1881, supporting civil rights, opposing chinese exclusion?

Who served as the longest-serving Black congressman of the Reconstruction era, from South Carolina, advocating for civil rights, education, and enforcement of the Reconstruction Acts?

Who served two non-consecutive terms in the House of Representatives, fighting in the civil war, advocating for voting rights, civil rights, and the establishment of public education for Black children?

Who served in the House between 1871-1874, winning during Radical Republican dominance in South Carolina?

Who, from Alabama, served in the House between 1871-1873, pushing for tax relief on impoverished Southerners, as well as pensions for Black veterans?

Who served two non-consecutive terms representing Mississippi in the House, advocating for federal education programs?

Who represented Alabama in the House between 1873-1875, advocating for land distribution and civil rights?

Who served as State Treasurer of South Carolina from 1870-1877, reforming state finances, promoting honest accounting practices?

Who served as Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana (1868-1871), acting governor for 39 days, dying on the same year?

Who served as Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana (1871-1873) and acting governor in 1872, serving as the first Black governor in US history, advocating for civil rights and public education?

Who served as Local administrator, elected to Congress in 1888, focusing on Black education and legal equity?

Who served as Secretary of State for Florida, Superintendent of Public Instruction, focusing on expanding the public education system for African Americans?

Who served as the State Senator of Texas between 1869 and 1873, supporting public school policy and railroad development?

Which constitution focused on public school reforms, universal male suffrage, and the abolition of black codes, with notable black delegates such as Robert Smalls, Francis Cardozo, and Richard Cain?

Which state’s 1868 constitution focused on free schooling, equal civil and political rights, and property rights for married women, with notable figures like Hiram Revels?

Which state’s 1868 constitution focused the desegregation of public accommodations, equal protection of the law and integrated school systems, involving notable figures like Oscar Dunn and PBS Pinchback?

What are all these examples of? (Poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses)

What plan, passed in 1890, set a model for Southern states to follow to disenfranchise Black and poor white voters?

What event occurred on Eastern Sunday of 1873, where a white supremacist mob attacked Black Republican citizens at a courthouse, resulting in up to 150 casualties?

What Supreme Court case arose from the Colfax Massacre where William J. Cruikshank was charged under the Enforcement Act of 1870?

What extralegal group was formed with the goal of using violence to prevent African Americans from voting?

Name two extralegal supremacist groups

What concept refers to political parties excluding Black votes from primaries under the pretense of being private clubs?