SANDY KOZEL

On February 28, 1983, the celebrated sitcom M*A*S*H bows out
after 11 seasons, airing a special two-and-a-half hour episode
watched by 77 percent of the television viewing audience.

Charlotte E. Ray (January 13, 1850 – January 4, 1911)

As the first woman admitted to practice law in the District of
Columbia and the first African-American woman certified
as a lawyer in the United States, civil and women’s rights
activist and teacher Charlotte E. Ray truly earned her place
in history.

She made extraordinary contributions to the advancement
of women, she was a legal pioneer.

ROSS SIMPSON

Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827 – 1901)

Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Natchez, Mississippi,
was sworn into the U.S. Senate, becoming the first African
American ever to sit in Congress.

During the Civil War, Revels, a college-educated minister,
helped form African American army regiments for the Union
cause, started a school for freed men, and served as a
chaplain for the Union army.

Posted to Mississippi, Revels remained in the former
Confederate state after the war and entered into
Reconstruction-era Southern politics.