BY WALTER OPINDE Blanche Bruce Kelso, a Republican, was the first African-American in the U.S. Senate to serve a full term. Historical records also reveal that Bruce was the first and the only former slave to have ever served in the U.S. Senate. He navigated the Reconstruction through political shrewdness and developed friendships with Presidents […]
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