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John Mercer Langston

John Mercer Langston. By: Jordan E. Ensley. John Mercer Langston. Born December 14, 1829 Died November 15, 1897 At the age of 68. His mother was Lucy Jane Langston. She was a freedwomen. His father Ralph Quarles was English plantation owner. . Parents?.

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John Mercer Langston

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  1. John Mercer Langston

    By: Jordan E. Ensley
  2. John Mercer Langston Born December 14, 1829 Died November 15, 1897 At the age of 68.

  3. His mother was Lucy Jane Langston. She was a freedwomen. His father Ralph Quarles was English plantation owner.

    Parents?
  4. Money for education and provisions? When both of his parents died from unrelated illnesses in 1834, John is left with a sizeable inheritance. To keep it he had to resist moving south with his family.
  5. He had a masters degree, he was the first black to receive this degree, in Theology from Oberlin College. He was rejected from law school because he was an African American. He later passed the Bar Exam and became the first African American lawyer in Ohio. Degrees?
  6. Cincinnati Riots 1841, unemployed whites violently attacked African Americans leaving them to have to defend themselves. Blacks were rounded up and held behind a cordon and moved to jail. Some were killed and militiamen had to come break it up.
  7. The First Of August Celebrations? Oberlin- Wellington Rescue? The first of August was to remember the date of the signing for the Emancipation Proclamation, setting slaves free. A way of mocking the 4th of July. This was normally at Oberlin College. This is also where John went to school. A runaway slave named John Price was arrested by a US Marshall, who under the fugitive slave law could give him back to his owner. Rescuers kidnapped him and sent him to Canada to be free. A jury had to meet to decide about the 37 people that freed him. Among them was the brother of John Langston. After speaking he Charles, his brother, only got 20 days. John was the leading black speaker of the day.
  8. A statewide black organization, with both Langstons as officers, would function until the outbreak of war. Its aims were the abolition of slavery and the attainment of black rights. It also gave black women full membership privileges in the society. Membership was also open to whites, with some whites participating in the Oberlin chapter. "secure these objects by political and moral means, so far as may be," The Ohio Anti- Slave Society
  9. How did he help? Langston's ability as a public speaker fueled his effective campaigning for the Republican Party and the recruitment of black soldiers for the Union army during the Civil War
  10. In 1864, he was elected president of the National Equal Rights League, a forerunner to the Niagara Movement and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). President of what?
  11. Congress… Langston served in Congress from September 23, 1890, to March 3, 1891, less than six months, making him the only African American to represent the Commonwealth of Virginia in that body until the election of Robert C. Scott in 1992. Some would say he entered congress in a cursory manner, I say he was confident in himself and, though his time there was short, he made a big impact.
  12. John Mercer Langston He helped make many African American’s dreams possible. They eventually got to vote and gradually get more rights. The Oklahoma Territory town of Langston, and the college created in the town, Langston University, were named after him. Many do not realize the importance of this man, but he deserves credit.
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