: May these voices ever be heard in this forum from this point
: forward.

: Let us add to the list and shout the deeds of previously
: undersung heroes and sheroes from all valleys and hills.

Neglected Voices of Reconstruction
-- Their words live on ...
(1) Robert B. Elliot of South Carolina, on the Civil Rights Bill of 1875.
"First Colored Senator and Represenatatives in the 41st and 42nd Congress of the United States"
Image from Treasures of Congress:
http://tinyurl.com/yto5tz