Hiram Rhodes Revels

Revels, Hiram Rhodes (1827–1901), pastor, educator, and first black U.S. senator. Elected by the Republicans in Mississippi for 1870–71, he was subsequently involved in state politics and became president of Alcorn College, Lorman, Miss. As a minister (1845) of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Revels helped establish black churches and schools in the Midwest and South.