Jasper J Wright News Today

Douglas egerton presents a history of america during reconstruction. He reports that during this time close to 1500 africanamericans assumed public office, including the first africanamerican u. S. Senators, hiram revels and joseph hayne rainey, and jasper j. Wright who sat on south carolinas supreme court. This is about 50 minutes. Thank you so much. Its really nice to be here. I went to graduate school in washington in the 1980s and its always nice to be back. Its my second appearance at polit...