Revels
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Check the history books for a better example of moral leadership: Hiram Revels, the first Black Republican in the Senate.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2024
According to the Senate website, Hiram Revels became the first Black senator when he was sworn into office in February 1870, months before Rainey’s arrival.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2022
He followed in the distant footsteps of African Americans Hiram Revels, elected in 1870 to fill a Senate seat from Mississippi, and Blanche K. Bruce, elected to the Senate in 1875, also from Mississippi.
From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2021
“Kids like to come up and give you a little bit of a hug,” Corporal Revels said.
From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2018
An amusing summing-up of Miss Edgeworth's novels is given by Leigh Hunt in his poem, Blue Stocking Revels.
From Maria Edgeworth by Zimmern, Helen
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