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Setting the Record Straight reintroduces this generation to the forgotten heroes and untold stories from our rich African American political history: • The Rev. Richard Allen, the founder of America’s first black denomination • The Rev. Henry Highland Garnet, the first African American to deliver a sermon in Congress • The Rev. Hiram Rhodes Revels, the first black U.S. Senator •...

Returning to 1865, while there were numerous celebrations by black Americans and others at the end of the Civil War, even before the war had come to an end, a vote had been held in Congress on the constitutional amendment to abolish slavery—the 13th Amendment.105 Congress passed that Amendment and a poster was quickly issued to honor the 137 members of Congress who had voted to end slavery.106 1865 POSTER SHOWING THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO VOTED TO ABOLISH SLAVERY At the time of the vote,
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