Pinchback
Americannoun
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But Pinchback took an oath of office, unlike Dunn, and has generally been referred to as the first Black governor.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 18, 2023
After being educated in Ohio and working on gambling boats, Pinchback returned to the South during the Civil War, serving as an officer in the United States Colored Troops.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 18, 2023
Pinchback, Stell and others helped Bell push forward with the scholarship fund — to offer financial assistance to high schoolers, yes, but also as a way to keep teaching young people about her son.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2021
“We were all his aunties,” said Bernadette Pinchback, a retired manager for the San Bernardino Superintendent of Schools who sits on the scholarship fund’s board of directors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2021
When I was a boy the pastor was a Mr. Pinchback, who seems to have been a worthy successor of godly men, equally attractive and successful.
From East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
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