Setting the Record Straight: Am. Hist. in B/W

Setting the Record Straight reintroduces this generation to the forgotten heroes and untold stories from our rich African American political history: The Rev. Richard Allen, the founder of America's first black denomination The Rev. Henry Highland Garnet, the first African American to deliver a sermon in Congress The Rev. Hiram Rhodes Revels, the first black U.S. Senator Joseph Hayne Rainey, the first African American to give a speech in the U.S. House Jefferson Franklin Long, the first African American to give a speech in the U.S. House John Rock, the first African American admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court Bar John Roy Lynch, the first African American to preside over a national political convention The Rev. Frederick Douglass, the first African American to be appointed to office in four different presidential administrations These heroes - and many others - are presented in this inspiring documentary of African American political history.