Oscar James Dunn (pictured above) was the first African American elected Lt. Governor in the United States. In 1869 he visited the United States Congress where he received a warm welcome from civil rights advocates like Senator Charles Sumner. This Southern newspaper relates the reaction of a Democratic Senator from Kentucky to the black elected official.
Mobile Register
Saturday, Apr 10, 1869
Mobile, AL
Vol: II
Issue: 61
Page:2
It reminds me of excerpts from the debate on Plessis v. Ferguson. The Southern senators were all speaking about a “right to hate”.