Joseph H. Rainey Jr.

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Politician
gptkbp:advocatesFor Discrimination
Education_for_African_Americans
gptkbp:affiliation African_American_political_leaders
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Republican_Reconstruction
gptkbp:birthDate 1832-06-21
gptkbp:celebrates Statues and memorials
gptkbp:children gptkb:Joseph_H._Rainey_III
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:deathDate 1887-08-01
gptkbp:district gptkb:South_Carolina's_1st_congressional_district
gptkbp:education gptkb:New_York_Central_College
gptkbp:foughtIn Equality
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Symbol_of_African_American_progress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Joseph H. Rainey Jr.
gptkbp:image Joseph_H_Rainey.jpg
gptkbp:influence Reconstruction Era politics
gptkbp:influenced Legislation_for_African_American_rights
gptkbp:inspiration Future_generations_of_African_American_politicians
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy gptkb:Post-Civil_War_America
gptkbp:isInvolvedIn Congress_in_1870
gptkbp:isKnownFor Advocacy_for_African_American_rights
gptkbp:isRecognizedFor Leadership_in_Congress
gptkbp:knownFor Advocating for civil rights
gptkbp:legacy Pioneer_for_African_American_representation_in_government
gptkbp:legislation 1872-1873
1874-1875
1870-1871
gptkbp:notableEvent First_African_American_to_preside_over_the_House
First_African_American_to_serve_in_the_U.S._House_of_Representatives
gptkbp:occupation U.S._Congressman
gptkbp:participatedIn Political campaigns
gptkbp:party gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Georgetown,_South_Carolina
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:politicalRole 1870-1887
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Robert_B._Elliott
gptkbp:recognizedBy Historical societies
gptkbp:religion Baptist
gptkbp:role Civil Rights Advocate
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:U.S._House_of_Representatives
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Rainey
gptkbp:state gptkb:South_Carolina
gptkbp:successor Alonzo J. Ransier
gptkbp:supported Voting_rights_for_African_Americans
gptkbp:supports gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act
gptkbp:termEnd 1879-03-03
gptkbp:termStart 1870-12-12
gptkbp:wasA Civil Rights Pioneer
gptkbp:wasEducatedAt Reconstruction Era politics
gptkbp:wasPartOf gptkb:Reconstruction_Congress
African_American_political_movement
gptkbp:worksWith Other_African_American_leaders