In 1884- John R. Lynch, former congressman from Mississippi, elected temporary chairman of Republican convention and became first Black to preside over deliberations of a national political party
In 1885- Samuel David Ferguson consecrated bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church and named bishop of Liberia. He was the first Black American with full membership in the House of Bishops
To Inspire You
It was to carry the American democratic journey beyond these failings that Black citizens and civil rights workers risked unemployment, violence and death.