he s the first black to receive a master s degree in america. glenn: when we have the first week of the house 1789, when did we have our first black speaker of the house? i bet most people what say never. never. except it was right here. joseph hayne reney of south carolina first black to preside over the house of representatives. these are the first seven blacks elected to the congress. he was a minister of the gospel and he was a missionary, he recruited three regiments of black soldiers in the civil war and he was a missionary to slaves in the south. you have here benjamin turner, josiah wall, this guy right here is really cool. robert brown elliott is probably the most brilliant guy of that era. he actually took on the vice president of the confederacy in a debate on the floor and just tore his head off. glenn: what was the relationship of our founders with african-americans? depends on where you were. if you were in the south, it s a
he s the first black to receive a master s degree in america. glenn: when we have the first week of the house 1789, when did we have our first black speaker of the house? i bet most people what say never. never. except it was right here. joseph hayne reney of south carolina first black to preside over the house of representatives. these are the first seven blacks elected to the congress. he was a minister of the gospel and he was a missionary, he recruited three regiments of black soldiers in the civil war and he was a missionary to slaves in the south. you have here benjamin turner, josiah wall, this guy right here is really cool. robert brown elliott is probably the most brilliant guy of that era. he actually took on the vice president of the confederacy in a debate on the floor and just tore his head off. glenn: what was the relationship of our founders with african-americans? depends on where you were.