Setting the Record Straight - Region 1 DVD

-The Rev. Richard Allen, the founder of America's first black denomination.

-The Rev. Henry Highland Garnet, the first African American to deliver a sermon in Congress.

-The Rev. Hiram Rhodes Revels, the first black U.S. Senator.

-Joseph Hayne Rainey, the first African American elected to the U.S. Congress.

-Jefferson Franklin Long, the first African American to give a speech in the U.S. House.

-John Rock, the first African American admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court Bar.

-John Roy Lynch, the first African American to preside over a national political convention.

-The Rev. Frederick Douglass, the first African American to be appointed to office in four different presidential administrations.

These heroes--and many others--are presented in this inspiring documentary of African American political history.