Pinchback
Americannoun
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Mitchell, who recently co-wrote a graphic-novel-style history about Dunn, told The Washington Post that Dunn was intentionally written out of history by Lost Cause academics, who preferred to put the “first Black governor” label on Pinchback because of his reputation for corruption and dishonesty.
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Dunn served as acting governor before Pinchback and for more total days.
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But Pinchback took an oath of office, unlike Dunn, and has generally been referred to as the first Black governor.
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Pinchback was born in Georgia to a formerly enslaved woman and her former enslaver.
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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.
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