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This Shreveport park is named after first Black governor in U.S. history
It stands on Scott’s Bluff on the campus of Southern University in Baton Rouge and proudly proclaims, “In memory of P.B.S. Pinchback, the first African American governor in U.S. history.
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The five Black governors who came before Maryland's Wes Moore
Moore made history history himself, as the state’s first Black governor and one of only six African American men to ever serve as governor of a state. (A Black woman has never been governor.) ...
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Remembering Henry Marsh III, Richmond’s first African American mayor
Henry taught us all that the fight for civil rights is never truly over – that it is one of constant effort, requiring us to ...
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Women's History Collections
Most notably, the first woman governor of the United States was elected to office ... Grace Raymond Hebard, and the first African American Wyoming legislator, Harriet Byrd. AHC holdings also include ...
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Speaker Scott leads remembrance of General Assembly's Black pioneers
An emotional General Assembly gathering to remember the 100 Black Virginians served in the Virginia General Assembly from the late 1870s to 1890 and in the 1867 constitutional convention.