^ ab"Joseph Smothers (Claiborne County) · Against All Odds: The First Black Legislators in Mississippi · Mississippi State University Libraries". msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com.
joseph, smothers, baptist, minister, state, legislator, mississippi, represented, claiborne, county, mississippi, house, representatives, from, 1872, 1875, born, kentucky, lived, port, gibson, mississippi, also, editafrican, american, officeholders, during, fo. Joseph Smothers was a Baptist minister and state legislator in Mississippi 1 He represented Claiborne County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1872 to 1875 2 He was born in Kentucky 1 He lived in Port Gibson Mississippi 3 See also editAfrican American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction eraReferences edit a b Joseph Smothers Claiborne County Against All Odds The First Black Legislators in Mississippi Mississippi State University Libraries msstate exhibits libraryhost com Foner Eric 1996 Freedom s Lawmakers A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction Louisiana State University Press p 200 OCLC 34598098 Vicksburg Evening Post clipping Mississippi State University Libraries msstate exhibits libraryhost com 21 July 1885 nbsp This article about a Mississippi politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Joseph Smothers amp oldid 1120020263, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
