This day in black history: first black governor of U.S. State sworn in

On December 11, 1872, Pinckney Pinchback  became  the first African-American governor of a U.S. state when he was  sworn in as governor of Louisiana. Photo: Courtesy Library of Congress Born in Macon, Georgia, on May 10, 1837, the son of a former slave, Pinckney Pinchback fought in the Civil War and was one of the Union Army’s […]