Thanks for posting this...is there a place I can find this aggregated list of the first black congressmen and party affiliation on the web? I was not finding an aggregation when I googled, and I am quite interested in being able to provide such information from an authoritative source.
“is there a place I can find this aggregated list of the first black congressmen and party affiliation on the web? “
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans_in_the_United_States_Congress
And I highly recommmend David Barton’s book
“Setting the Record Straight: American History in Black & White”
http://www.amazon.com/Setting-Record-Straight-American-History/dp/B001RJ78T4