Isaac Alston Explained

Isaac Alston was a reverend^[1] and state legislator in North Carolina. He represented Warren County, North Carolina in the North Carolina Senate in 1870 and 1891.^[2] He lived in Warrenton, North Carolina.^[3] He was the only African American elected to the North Carolina Senate in 1890. Three African Americans were elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives that year.^[4]

In the legislature in 1891 he proposed establishing a college in North Carolina for African Americans.^[5] His photograph is included in a montage of 1891 North Carolina State senators.^[5] He was a Baptist.^[6]

See also

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era
• List of first African-American U.S. state legislators

Notes and References

1. Book: Hahn, Steven. A Nation under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Migration. April 30, 2005. Harvard University Press. 9780674254282 . Google Books.
2. Book: A History of African Americans in North Carolina. Jeffrey J.. Crow. Paul D.. Escott. Flora J.. Hatley. December 8, 2002. N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, Office of Archives and History. 9780865263017 . Google Books.
3. Web site: Laws and Resolutions of the State of North Carolina. North. Carolina. December 8, 1879. Google Books.
4. Book: Beckel, Deborah. Radical Reform: Interracial Politics in Post-Emancipation North Carolina. December 8, 2010. University of Virginia Press. 9780813930527 . Google Books.
5. Web site: Blog Archives. BELLAMY MANSION MUSEUM.
6. Web site: Tar heel sketch-book. A brief biographical sketch of the life and public acts of the members of the General assembly of North Carolina. Session of 1879 . 1879 . Raleigh, [N.C.] Raleigh news steam book and job print .