P.B.S. Pinchback, the first Black American to serve as governor of a U.S. state, was born on May 10, 1837, to a formerly enslaved mother and her former enslaver. During the Civil War, Pinchback, who was once a riverboat gambler, served as an officer in the Union Army. He ventured into politics in 1868, first […]
The post P.B.S. Pinchback, the first Black American to serve as governor of a U.S. state, was born on this day appeared first on The Black Chronicle.
