February is more than just Black History Month — it is a time to reflect on powerful events that have shaped not only African ...

It is day 25 of Black History Month and we have your Black history fact of the day. On this day in 1870, Hiram Rhodes Revels took oath as the first African American Senator. Revels was born a freeman ...

the first African-American congressman (Hiram Rhodes Revels) was sworn in. But Jen and Madison are preeeeetttyyyy sure there's something else about this day that's making it stick in their minds.

In 1836, Samuel Colt patented a "revolving gun," the first of the six-shooters. In 1870, Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Natchez, Miss., was sworn into the U.S. Senate, becoming the first Black ...