Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:Politician
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| gptkbp:affiliation |
gptkb:Freedmen's_Bureau
gptkb:Union |
| gptkbp:born |
June 21, 1832
|
| gptkbp:children |
gptkb:Joseph_Rainey_Jr.
|
| gptkbp:committee |
gptkb:Committee_on_Military_Affairs
gptkb:Committee_on_Ways_and_Means gptkb:Committee_on_Post_Office_and_Post_Roads gptkb:Committee_on_Freedmen's_Affairs gptkb:Committee_on_Indian_Affairs Committee on Education |
| gptkbp:died |
August 1, 1887
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| gptkbp:education |
gptkb:Hampton_Institute
|
| gptkbp:election_year |
1870
1872 1874 1876 |
| gptkbp:governing_body |
1872-1873
1875-1877 1874-1875 1870-1871 |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Joseph Rainey
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
African American politicians
|
| gptkbp:influenced_by |
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
|
| gptkbp:known_for |
Civil Rights advocacy
Reconstruction Era politics |
| gptkbp:legacy |
pioneer for African American representation
|
| gptkbp:members |
gptkb:South_Carolina
|
| gptkbp:notable_event |
fought against racial discrimination
worked on education reform advocated for civil rights legislation promoted economic opportunities for African Americans advocated for land ownership for freedmen first African American to preside over the House worked with the Freedmen's Bureau to assist former slaves. served during the Reconstruction Era supported voting rights for African Americans participated in the establishment of the Republican Party in South Carolina |
| gptkbp:occupation |
gptkb:Businessman
gptkb:Politician |
| gptkbp:place_of_birth |
gptkb:Georgetown,_South_Carolina
|
| gptkbp:place_of_death |
gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
|
| gptkbp:political_party |
gptkb:Republican_Party
|
| gptkbp:political_position |
Chairman of the Committee on Education
Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means Chairman of the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs Chairman of the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads |
| gptkbp:served_as |
gptkb:U._S._Representative
|
| gptkbp:service |
first African American to serve in the U. S. House of Representatives
|
| gptkbp:spouse |
gptkb:Mary_Rainey
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1875
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
4
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