Martin Luther King Jr's Major Accomplishments

“I have a dream …” A simple speech, that resulted in the equal rights of all. That is why, when people think of African-Americans, the first person to come to mind is often Martin Luther King Jr. Though his accomplishments were significant, he wasn’t the only person to accomplish major achievements. An example is Hiram Rhodes Revels. He might not have accomplished what Martin Luther King Jr. did, but that doesn’t mean that his achievements shouldn’t be recognized. That is why everyone should be informed of this unrecognized African-American, who also accomplished very outstanding feats. Revels’s early life wasn’t very significant, as his actions were, which in turn, led to his fascinating accomplishments.

First of all, Hiram R. Revels was born on September 27, 1827, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. During this time, slavery was still

Despite the fact that he was “born in the South in a time of widespread slavery, Revels was a member of a free family” (Biography). Fortunately, for him, he was not a slave, which was very uncommon in the South. He and his brother were both apprenticed as barbers. Subsequently, Revels’s brother soon owned his own barbershop. After his brother’s death, Revels had inherited the shop. He ran the shop until he had to leave North Carolina, in order to study at seminaries in Indiana and Ohio. Since, proper education wasn’t offered to him in the South. Then, in 1845, he “was ordained as a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, working as an itinerant preacher” (Biography). There are limited information on Revels early life, though it could be inferred that nothing quite significant occurred in this specific