John Mercer Langston (1829-1897) was born into slavery, but by virtue of his intelligence and the education he received in Ohio he became president of Virginia's first college for African Americans, now Virginia State University. In 1888 he ran for the U.S. House of Representatives as one of two Republican candidates from his district. Many white […]
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