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Letters from John Mercer Langston

B. 1829 · D. 1897

John Mercer Langston was an African American abolitionist, attorney, educator, activist, diplomat, and politician. He was the founding dean of the law school at Howard University and helped create the department, During his tenure he was coauthor of the Civil Rights Act of 1875, the blueprint used for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He was the first president of what is now Virginia State University, a historically black college. He was elected a U.S. representative from Virginia and wrote From the Virginia Plantation to the National Capitol; Or, the First and Only Negro Representative in Congress From the Old Dominion.

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John Mercer Langston to P. S.—I have just learned that the President has just presented his resignation, and will leave immediately, July 17, 1879

From John Mercer Langston
To P. S.—I have just learned that the President has just presented his resignation, and will leave immediately
July 17, 1879

No. 253. Mr. Langston to Mr. Evarts. Legation of the United States, Port au Prince, Hayti, July 17, 1879. (Received August 2.) No. 178.] Sir: I have the honor to…

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