On this day, President Rutherford B. Hayes appointed Frederick Douglass as the U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia, making him the first Black American to hold this prestigious federal position. The appointment marked a significant step in Douglass’s distinguished public service career and symbolized a brief period of federal support for Black political advancement during the post-Reconstruction era.
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