Congressman Joseph Rainey

VOA News: How Formerly Enslaved Man Became 1st Black US Congressman in 1870

WASHINGTON - Lorna Rainey can only imagine what it was like for her great-grandfather to walk into the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., 151 years ago. . . “I often think about what it must have felt like for him that very first day he walked into the Capitol into the assembly. And he was the only one, the only Black man,” Rainey told VOA. “My great-grandfather was prepared to be in Congress. He had a steel core but became a very moving figure through the years he was there,” she said.  (read more)

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• US Citizenship Resources for Black History Month post 
• 15 USCIS Civics Questions in Honor of African-American History Month.  (mp3) (pdf)
• Kahoot: CITIZENSHIP QUESTIONS FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH activity
• Legislative Branch pdf