The Petersburg Post Office is now called the John Mercer Langston Post Office Building after President Joe Biden signed Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan’s H.R. 7385. Langston, an abolitionist ...

The Logan County town was named for John Mercer Langston, a Black educator and U.S. House member from Virginia. The town grew quickly, boasting 600 residents, a school and 25 businesses by 1892.

and John Mercer Langston, the first Black man to represent Virginia in Congress – also from Virginia’s Fourth,” McClellan said. McClellan said she expects challenges and uncertainty in the ...