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Photographer: Image Courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Taken: Circa 1870
Caption: Prof. John Langston, Howard University
Additional Description: Langston's early career was based in Ohio where, with his brother Charles, he began his lifelong work for African-American freedom, education, equal rights and suffrage. In 1855 he was one of the first African-American people in the United States elected to public office when elected as a town clerk in Ohio. He was the younger brother of Charles Henry Langston, a fellow abolitionist; John was a great-uncle of the renowned poet Langston Hughes.... - Wikipedia
Submitted: May 7, 2015.
Database Locator Identification Number: p307423
File Size: 0.251 Megabytes

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