Jeremiah Haralson

Jeremiah Haralson

Jeremiah Haralson (1 April 1846 – 1916?), adalah seorang politikus asal Alabama yang menjadi salah satu dari sepuluh anggota Kongres Afrika-Amerika pertama yang terpilih di Amerika Serikat. Lahir dalam perbudakan di Columbus, Georgia, Haralson belajar otodidak saat diperbudak di Selma, Alabama.

Bacaan tambahan

• Jeremiah Haralson di Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Bailey, Richard. They Too Call Alabama Home: African American Profiles, 1800-1999. Montgomery: Pyramid Publishing, 1999.
• Clay, William L. Just Permanent Interests: Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1991. New York: Amistad Press, 1992.
• Foner, Eric. Freedom's Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders during Reconstruction. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1996.
• Lyman, Brian. The Lost Congressman: What happened to Jeremiah Haralson? Montgomery: Montgomery Advertiser, 2019.

Novel sejarah

• McGee, Val. Selma, AuthorHouse, 2008