Today in Afro History ! Joseph H. Rainey becomes the first Afro American in The House of Representatives in 1870 !

English: , member of the United States House of Representatives. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Joseph H. Rainey House, Georgetown, South Carolina. Photo likely taken by Cecil N. McKithan, National Park Service employee, in 1983. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Joseph Rainey. Library of Congress description: “Rainey, Hon. Joseph Hayne of S.C.”. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)