nov 14, 1968 - Congress
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BECAME FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN IN CONGRESS!-1870, Senator Hiram Revels of Mississippi and Representative Joseph Rainey of South Carolina became the first African Americans to serve in Congress
-1917, when Representative Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman to serve in Congress
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nov 14, 1968
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~ 57 years ago