(POLITICS.) LANGSTON, JOHN MERCER. We'll Stand by John M. Langston. Small narrow song sheet with three verses and repeated chorus, 8-3/4 x 3-3/4 inches. Np, possibly Washington D.C., circa 1887-88
John Mercer Langston (1829 -1897) abolitionist, attorney, educator, activist, diplomat, and politician, was the first dean of Howard University's law school and actually helped create the department. He was the first president of what is now Virginia State University, a historically black college. In 1888, Langston was elected to the U.S. Congress as the first representative of color from Virginia.
