# Black history... "MONTH"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-history-month/4371>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 17, 2000, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-history-month/4371 "2000-02-17T19:07:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2000, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-history-month/4371/61 "2000-02-21T17:54:00Z")

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Jomolungma…

Did you even bother reading the OP? or did you just feel you had to blurt out the first thing that came to your mind.

Ever had an opinion on anything? If so I guess that makes you a whiner too doesn’t it?

And the only thing that’s sad is that pussy of a reply you posted.

If you have some ideas on the subject let’s hear them. It takes almost zero brains to critize a subject or person without backing it up.

Now don’t piss people off in this form without some substance to back it up or you will be verbally bitch slapped until you smell like burnt rubber.

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“I’m the best there is Fats. Even if you beat me, I’m still the best.”  
(Paul Newman in The Hustler)

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**Author:** ![nebuli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/0ea827/32.png) [@nebuli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nebuli)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2000, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-history-month/4371/62 "2000-02-23T23:42:00Z")

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> ## in the Reconstruction era there were black legislators, not only in State governments but also in the US Senate and the House of Representatives.
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> I’m not at all questioning the validity of this statement, but can we define “Reconstruction era?” Does anybody know when the first black Congressman was elected?

The first black Senator was Hiram Revels of Mississippi, who took his seat 23 Feb. 1870. The first black Representative was Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina who took his seat on 12 Dec. 1870.

In addition to Revels, Blanche K. Bruce, also of Mississippi, served in the Senate from 1875-1881. There were a total of 20 blacks elected to the House from southern States between 1870 and 1901; 8 from South Carolina, 4 from North Carolina, 3 from Alabama, and 1 each from Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Virgina.

Also, between 1867 and 1877 there was 1 black governor, 6 lieutenant governors, 112 state senators and 683 state representatives. Among other state cabinet officials were South Carolina treasurer, Florida Secretary of State, and Mississippi Speaker of the House.

[sources: “Congress”, Alan L. Dimon, American Heritage, Oct. 1974, p. 90; “Reconstruction After the Civil War”, John Hope Franklin, Univ. of Chicago Press, 1961, pp. 88, 136-139; “Black Voices from Reconstruction 1865-1877” John David Smith, Millbrook Press, 1996, pp 103-107]

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**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2000, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-history-month/4371/63 "2000-02-26T02:59:00Z")

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> Originally posted by Fillet:  
> **It is quite possible that your Yugoslav relatives are Serbian, but not necessarily - the Balkans are a mish-mash, ethnically.**

That’s correct, but if her grandfather’s surname was indeed Mosolovich, I think Serbian is a pretty good bet.

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