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Title
John
Mercer
Langston
Photograph
Subject
African American Ohioans
Ohio Government
Lawyers
Elected officials
Civil War
Education
Langston, John Mercer, 1829-1897
Place
Lorain County (Ohio)
Brownhelm (Ohio)
Oberlin (Ohio)
Description
This
5
by
7-inch
(13
by
18
cm)
photograph
is
a
portrait
of
John
Mercer
Langston
, an
African
American
lawyer
,
educational
administrator
, and
congressman
. He was
born
in
1829
in
Virginia
, the
son
of a
wealthy
white
planter
and an
emancipated
slave
. His
parents
died
in
1834
,
leaving
Langston
a
sizeable
inheritance
.
Langston
moved
to
Ohio
,
living
first
in
Marietta
, and then in
Cincinnati
. He
attended
Oberlin
College
,
graduating
in
1849
.
Although
he was
prohibited
from
attending
law
school
because
of his
race
,
Langston
read
law
and
became
the
first
African
American
lawyer
in
Ohio
,
passing
the
bar
in
1854
. He
settled
in
Brownhelm
,
Ohio
,
where
he was
elected
town
clerk
,
becoming
one
of the
country's
first
African
American
elected
officials
. Not
long
after
, he
moved
to
Oberlin
,
where
he
served
on
city
council
and the
board
of
education
.
During
his
long
career
Langston
explored
many
interests
,
including
law
,
politics
,
public
service
, and
education
. He was a
leader
in the
anti-slavery
and
African
American
rights
movements
, and was also
sympathetic
to the
temperance
and
women's
rights
causes
.
During
the
Civil
War
he
helped
recruit
African
Americans
to
serve
in
Ohio
regiments
. He
died
in
1897
.
Date of Original
1850
-
1879
circa
Collection
John
Mercer
Langston
Small
Picture
Collection
http://dbs.ohiohistory.org/africanam
(for
more
information
on
African
Americans
in
Ohio)
Source
Audiovisual
material
;
SC
3512
Format
picture
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om1277_781386_111.tif
Image Height
988
Image Width
741
File Size
74.463 KB
Date created
2009-01-09
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