U.S. House honors history-making Black congressman Joseph Hayne Rainey
Joseph Hayne Rainey, a Georgetown County native who made history in 1870 as the first Black man ever elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, will now have his name enshrined at the U.S. Capitol. [caption id="attachment_33091" align="alignleft" width="300"] Joseph Hayne Rainey, the first Black man...