On Nov. 8, 1966, Edward William Brooke III, a Howard University graduate, made history as the first African American elected to the U.S. Senate by popular vote and the first Black politician from Massachusetts to serve in Congress. Edward W. Brooke, attorney general of Massachusetts, on steps outside Boston State House, Jan. 31, 1964. Brooke […]
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