Who were Hiram Revels and Blanche K. Bruce?

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Northern Soldiers who helped formally enslaved people to vote

Southern Leaders who fought against Reconstruction efforts.

The first African Americans elected to the Senate

The First African American Supreme Court Justices

Hiram R. Revels was he first African American to serve in Congress when he represented Mississippi as a Senator in the year 1870. This was only possible because the Union had just defeated the Confederacy and so controlled the politics of the South at the time.

Blanche K. Bruce was the second African American to serve in the Senate and he was the first to go through a full term. He was also from the same state as Mr. Revels and was of mixed heritage even though he had been born into slavery.

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Who were Hiram Revels and Blanche K. Bruce?

Question 8 options:

Northern Soldiers who helped formally enslaved people to vote

Southern Leaders who fought against Reconstruction efforts.

The first African Americans elected to the Senate

The First African American Supreme Court Justices