1809-1865

born in Springfield, Illinois

He was responsible for the end of the Civil War

He called his step mother "The best friend he ever had."

1827-1901

Fayetteville, North Carolina

Hiram Revels was the first African American member of the United States Senate

American clergyman, educator, and politician who became the first African American to serve in the US Senate (1870–71)

1818-1895

Talbot County, Maryland

Frederick became involved in politics supporting the presidential campaign of Ulysses Grant.

Douglass was the first African American to receive a vote for president at a major political party convention.

1808-1875

Raleigh, North Carolina

he set in motion a constitutional covention, that abolished slavery.

First president to be impeached.

1832-1887

Georgetown, South Carolina

Rainey promised that when he returned to Washington, he would “represent the interests of the colored men of the whole country; first the colored men, then somebody else’s interests.”

Joseph H. Rainey was the first African-American lawmaker elected to the U.S. House of Representatives

1792 - 1868

Danville, Vermont

A fierce opponent of slavery and discrimination against black Americans, Stevens sought to secure their rights during Reconstruction.

Washington, D.C., U.S. Stevens was born in rural Vermont, in poverty, and with a club foot, which left him with a permanent limp.

1822-1885

Point Pleasant, Ohio

supported the enlistment of African American troops.

Fought in one of the bloodiest wars in American history.

1839-1915

Beaufort, South Carolina

Pilot for a Federal naval ship

He sailed African Americans on a ship back in 1862, before dawn

1814-1886

New Lebanon, New York

Samuel J. Tilden was a lawyer, governor of New York, and Democratic presidential candidate in the disputed election of 1876

Served as a State Assemblyman for more than 25 years and played a prominent role in reorganizing the Democratic Party

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1822- 1892

Delaware, Ohio

Helped develop The Library of Congress

Born the same year and state as Ulysses S. Grant

1848 - 1912

Liberty County, Georgia

Susie Baker King Taylor was the first Black educator to teach openly in a school for formerly enslaved African Americans in Georgia.

Susie King Taylor, teacher and nurse, achieved many firsts in a lifetime of overcoming adversity and helping elevate others out of slavery

1797-1883

Ulster County, New York

Sojourner Truth was an African American evangelist and reformer who applied her religious fervor to the abolitionist and women's rights.

Her legal name was Isabella Van Wagener