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The First South Carolina Legislature (en español)
This image, captioned in Spanish, shows 63 members of South Carolina’s 1968 state legislature, the first state legislature with a Black majority.
PRIMERA LEGISLATURA DE CAROLINA DEL SUR POSTERIOR A LAS LEYES DE RECONSTRUCCIÓN DE 1867
En 1868, Carolina del Sur tuvo la primera legislatura estatal de mayoría negra. Esta imagen incluye 63 de los miembros de la legislatura y fue distribuida a lo largo de Carolina del Sur por los oponentes de la Reconstrucción Radical. 1
- 1Julie l. Mellby, “Radical Members of the South Carolina legislature”, Graphic Arts (blog), entrada publicada el 19 de mayo de 2011.
Credit:
Photo Montage (1876), Library of Congress
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