Government-U.S. Senate
Blanche Kelso Bruce (1841-1898)
Blanche Kelso Bruce was born a slave in 1841 in Prince Edward County, Virginia but was raised in Missouri. Shortly...
Carol Moseley Braun (1947- )
Carol Moseley Braun, the first black woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate, was born in Chicago, Illinois on...
Edward Brooke, III (1919-2015)
Edward William Brooke III was the first African American to be elected by popular vote to the United States Senate. ...
