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History Ain't I a Woman? (Truth, Sojourner) - 1851 The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro (Douglass, Frederick) - 1852 The Emancipation Proclamation (Lincoln, Abraham) - 1863 The State of Georgia (Hiram R. Revels) - 1870 (PDF, 372 KB) Hiram Revels' "State of Georgia" was the first address made on the floor of Congress by a black member of Congress. Cast Down Your Bucket Where You Are: Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Compromise Speech (Washington, Booker T.) - 1895 Farewell Address to Congress (White, George) - 1901 George White's "Farewell Address to Congress" was the last speech made by a black member of Congress during Reconstruction. The Talented Tenth (DuBois, W.E.B.) - 1903