Isaac Alston
Isaac Alston (September 15, 1830 – June 4, 1919) 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]
Early life
Isaac Alston was born on September 15, 1830. He married on December 26, 1854.[5]
Career
Alston worked as a farmer. A Baptist, in 1868 he was licensed to preach and was formally ordained in 1871.[5]
On January 9, 1891, Alston introduced a bill to establish an agricultural and mechanical college in North Carolina for African Americans. His measure was quickly rejected, though a similar one introduced by State Senator John D. Bellamy three months later was successful.[6]
Later life
Alston died on June 4, 1919 and was buried in a family plot two days later.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Carolina, North (December 8, 1879). "Laws and Resolutions of the State of North Carolina" – via Google Books.
- ↑ Beckel 2010, p. 162.
- 1 2 Tomlinson 1879, p. 23.
- ↑ Klauk, Taylor (October 12, 2021). "John D. Bellamy Jr. and North Carolina's First HBCU: A Timeline". Bellamy Mansion Museum. Bellamy Mansion Museum of History & Design Arts.
- ↑ "Isaac Alston Passes Away in 94 Year, June 4". The Warren Record. Vol. XXIV, no. 45. June 10, 1919. p. 2.
Works cited
- Beckel, Deborah (2010). Radical Reform: Interracial Politics in Post-Emancipation North Carolina. University of Virginia Press. ISBN 9780813930527.
- Tomlinson, J. S. (1879). 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, North Carolina: Raleigh News Steam Book and Job Office – via Internet Archive.