During the time known as the Reconstruction Era in the United States, a young man from Alabama rose to political prominence, becoming one of three African-Americans elected to represent Alabama in Congress. James T. Rapier was born on November 13, 1837, in Florence, Alabama. The son of a successful and wealthy barber, Rapier was given […]
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