Isaac Alston

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 from the end of the Civil War until before 1900
• List of first African-American U.S. state legislators

References

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