Joseph Hayne Rainey of South Carolina. Now, Lorna Rainey, who lives in Baldwin, is trying to keep that family legacy alive. Joseph Rainey was the first African American to serve in the U.S. House ...

Yes, Lorna Rainey is the great-granddaughter of South Carolina’s Rep. Joseph Rainey, who in 1870 became the first African-American man to serve in the United States House of Representatives. “ ...

Joseph Rainey’s extraordinary life is South Carolina (and American) history, but most people know nothing about it. They should. It should be taught in schools. Rainey was a native of Georgetown ...

Joseph H Rainey, “Speech Made in Reply to An Attack Upon the Colored State Legislators of South Carolina by Representative Cox of New York”, 1871 Joseph Hayne Rainey, born in Georgetown ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Saturday, December 12, will be the 150th anniversary of the swearing-in of Joseph Hayne Rainey ... vocal about his appreciation for South Carolina's history.

South Carolina. His parents were both slaves, but his father, Edward, had a successful business as a barber, enabling him to purchase his family's freedom shortly after Joseph Rainey's birth.

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In 1870 Joseph Rainey became the first black person elected ... The oil painting of the South Carolina congressman was unveiled before members of the Congressional Black Caucus, the Rev. Jesse ...

so I can’t even imagine how Joseph Rainey felt,” said Jayroe. Rainey was one of the principal writers of the South Carolina Constitution of 1868, he also wrote the first anti-terrorist law and ...