Methodist Merch
Description: The SMU Mustangs represent Southern Methodist University in NCAA Division I athletics and officially transitioned to the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in July 2024. Under the leadership of Athletic Director Damon Evans, the program has recently experienced a "record-breaking" resurgence across several major sports during its inaugural years in the power conference.
Description: Hiram Rhodes Revels (September 27, 1827 – January 16, 1901) was a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), a Republican politician, and college administrator. Born free in North Carolina, he later lived and worked in Ohio, where he voted before the Civil War. He was elected as the first African American to serve in the United States Senate, and was the first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress. He represented Mississippi in the Senate in 1870 and 1871 during the Reconstruction era. During the American Civil War, Revels had helped organize two regiments of the United States Colored Troops and served as a chaplain. After serving in the Senate, Revels was appointed as the first president of Alcorn Agricultural...
