Rep. Benjamin S. Turner (R-AL)
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Representative of Alabama’s First Congressional District from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873 (42nd Congress) First black Member of Congress from Alabama
Location: Moorland Spingarn Research Center, Howard University
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