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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

“I would say, in most of the places I travel, in small towns, Covid is over,” said Brady Revels, a sales representative who lives in suburban Omaha and is vaccinated.

From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2022

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

From Washington Post ● Dec. 18, 2020

Jonson followed up his success by producing the plays of "Every Man out of his Humor," and "Cynthia's Revels," dramatic satires on the manners, follies, affectations, and vices of the city and the court.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. by Various

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