The Civil War

Good Evening POU! On this day in 1874, Congressman Robert Brown Elliot delivered one of the most eloquent speeches of the times in defense of Charles Sumner's civil rights bill. Elliot's hour-long speech began: 'I regred, sir, the dark hue of my skin may lend color to the imputation that I am controlled by motives personal to myself in advocacy of this great measure of … [Read more...] about Monday Evening Thread: Robert Elliott Brown’s Speech