Q&A Podcast: Rep. James Clyburn on “The First Eight” and the Rise of Black Political Leadership
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- 17 November, 2025
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Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) talks about eight Black representatives from South Carolina who served in Congress during the Reconstruction Era. The eight included Joseph Rainey, the first Black politician elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and Robert Smalls, a Civil War hero who fled the Confederacy to fight for the Union Army. Both were former slaves. Rep. Clyburn became the ninth Black congressman from South Carolina nearly a century later.
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Title: Q&A Podcast: Rep. James Clyburn on “The First Eight” and the Rise of Black Political Leadership
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