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

“Kids like to come up and give you a little bit of a hug,” Corporal Revels said.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2018

The Constable then, with three reverences, knelt before the King of the Revels, and, delivering up his naked sword, prayed to be taken into the royal service.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter