Joseph. H. Rainey: "First in the House"

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Lorna Rainey will present on the extraordinary life of her great-grandfather, Joseph H. Rainey. Congressman Rainey was born a slave in South Carolina on June 20, 1832, yet a short 38 years later, he took his seat in Congress on December 12, 1870 becoming the very first duly-elected Black Congressman.