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Who was the former slave and the first African American elected to a full term in the senate and argued strongly against segregation?
Blanche Kelso Bruce was born in slavery in Virginia in 1841. He was elected as a Republican to the US Senate and served from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1881. He was the second African American to serve in the US Senate and the first African American elected to a full term.
Blanche Bruce is considered the first elected black senator to serve a full term. At the time Senators were still chosen by the legislatures of each state. The Mississippi state legislature elected Bruce to be a U.S. Senator in 1975. He was of mixed race, the illegitimate son of Polly Bruce, an African-American woman who served as a domestic slave and her master, Pettis Perkinson, a white Virginia planter. His father legally freed Blanche and arranged for an apprenticeship so he could learn a trade.
His predecessor in the office was Hiram Rhodes Revels, who was also African-American. Revels was chosen by the Mississippi state legislature to finish out the term of Albert G. Brown, who resigned during the Civil War. As such, he was the first African-American Senator but Revels was born free (not as a slave) and did not serve a full term so he is not the man described in the question above.
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Who was an African American born free in Pennsylvania and became well known in the north as an abolitionist and activist against segregation and moved to the south and founded several schools for free?
Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs
What was true about African Americans who stoop up against segregation?
they faced threats and violence
What was Civil right movement?
The ultimate goals of the Civil Rights Movement were to end racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans.
Who was the first African American woman to speak out publicly against slavery?
sojourner truth
How did the liberty of Congress help to fight against negative stereotypes about African-Americans at the Paris world fair?
It sent many books by African American authors. APEX
Who was the African American attorney who led a legal challenge against segregation?
Thurgood marshall
Who was a former slave and the first African American elected to a full term in the senate and argued strongly against segregation?
Blanche Kelso Bruce was born in slavery in Virginia in 1841. He was elected as a Republican to the US Senate and served from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1881. He was the second African American to serve in the US Senate and the first African American elected to a full term.
Why did the 1957 board of the all-white Central High School choose to enroll nine African American students?
support Governor Faubus' fight against segregation
What is true about African Americans that stood up against segregation?
They faced threats and violence
What was true about African Americans who stood up against segregation?
They faced threats and violence.
If an African American receives lower salary than an Anglo American is that considered segregation?
No. Segregation is physical separation. If the African American has equal talent, education, experience, skill, and motivation, then lesser pay would be considered discrimination. Note that one must define "Anglo American" carefully It is often misused to refer to "whites". But an Anglo American is properly one originally from England. There are many ethnic groups (Jews, Italians, Irish, Asians, Northerners, Southerners for example) who would need to be compared with African-Americans to determine whether specific discrimination against African-Americans was present.
Who was an African American born free in Pennsylvania and became well known in the north as an abolitionist and activist against segregation and moved to the south and founded several schools for free?
Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs
Why was desmond tutu important?
Desmond Tutu worked for civil rights but the most important work that Desmond Tutu did was that he was against apartheid. Apartheid is a segregation in South Africa against African Americans and Americans.
Was Mary McLeod Bethune against segregation?
how did Mary mcleod bethune feel about segregation against segregation
What was true about African Americans who stoop up against segregation?
they faced threats and violence
Which African American journalists campaigned against mob violence aimed at African American?
Ida B. Wells
How was Rosa Parks Loyal?
Rosa Parks demonstrated loyalty by refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white person during the segregation era in the United States. This act of civil disobedience showed her loyalty to the cause of equal rights and dignity for African Americans.
