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Revels

American  
[rev-uhlz] / ˈrɛv əlz /

noun

  1. Hiram Rhoades 1822–1901, U.S. clergyman, educator, and politician: first Black senator 1870–71.


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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

The selection represented a wide variety of art forms, sizes and funding levels, from Tacoma’s Puget Sound Revels, which performs music and theater and was awarded $2,800, to Redmond’s Centro Cultural Mexicano, which received $25,000.

From Seattle Times Nov. 16, 2023

He directed plays and performed in musical productions with the Washington Revels.

From Washington Post Dec. 18, 2020

Pamela Revels when students have been eating pancakes at the school breakfast.

From New York Times Mar. 4, 2018

"Linton for Master of the Revels," said some one.

From Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) by Charles James Lever

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