Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p John Mercer Langston (December 14, 1829 – November 15, 1897) was an American abolitionist, attorney, educator, activist and politician. He was the first dean of the law school at Howard University and helped create the department. He was the first president of what is now Virginia State University, a historically black college.Born a free black in Virginia to a former slave mother of mixed-race and an English planter father, in 1888 Langston was elected to the U.S.. }
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- John_Mercer_Langston comment "John Mercer Langston (December 14, 1829 – November 15, 1897) was an American abolitionist, attorney, educator, activist and politician. He was the first dean of the law school at Howard University and helped create the department. He was the first president of what is now Virginia State University, a historically black college.Born a free black in Virginia to a former slave mother of mixed-race and an English planter father, in 1888 Langston was elected to the U.S.".