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The very first African American senator was named Hiram Rhodes Revels. (Hiram Rhodes Revels) became the first African American US senator in 1870. When Mississippi senator Jefferson Davis resigned to become president of the Confederacy, Revels completed his term.
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James Meredith
First African American and first woman elected mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota was Sharon Sayles Belton.
In 1962 James Meredith became the first African-American student to be admitted to the University of Mississippi.
James Meredith in 1961
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he was the first african-american to become president
She won a Grammy
James Meredith was the first black person to attend college in 1962 at the University of Mississippi.