revels

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Check the history books for a better example of moral leadership: Hiram Revels, the first Black Republican in the Senate.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2024

According to the Senate website, Hiram Revels became the first Black senator when he was sworn into office in February 1870, months before Rainey’s arrival.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2022

He directed plays and performed in musical productions with the Washington Revels.

From Washington Post • Dec. 18, 2020

Takaya Dupree, a 12th-grader, said Corporal Revels knew almost every student well, since she had been around the school for years.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2018

When Paphos Revels should rowze up old night, To sweat against a Cork; to lie and tell The clock o'th lungs, to rise sport starv'd?

From Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (8 of 10) The Womans Prize; The Island Princess; The Noble Gentleman; The Coronation; The Coxcomb by Beaumont, Francis