| Setting the Record Straight
reintroduces this generation to the forgotten heroes and
untold stories from our rich African American political
history: |
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- The Rev. Richard Allen, the
founder of America's first black denomination
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- The Rev. Henry Highland Garnet,
the first African American to deliver a sermon in
Congress
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- The Rev. Hiram Rhodes Revels, the
first black U.S. Senator
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- Joseph Hayne Rainey, the first
African American elected to the U.S. Congress
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- Jefferson Franklin Long, the
first African American to give a speech in the U.S.
House
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- John Rock, the first African
American admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court Bar
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- John Roy Lynch, the first African
American to preside over a national political
convention
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- The Rev. Frederick Douglass, the
first African American to be appointed to office in
four different presidential administrations
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| These heroes - and many others - are presented in
this inspiring documentary of African American political
history. |
