Friday, November 19, 2010

8183: The Joy Of Six.

The Chicago Sun-Times presented the 6 Black U.S. Senators in history.


Hiram Rhodes Revels, 1870-71, Mississippi


Blanche K. Bruce, 1874-81, Mississippi


Ed Brooke, 1967-79, Massachusetts


Carol Moseley Braun, 1993-1999, Illinois


Barack Obama, 2005-2009, Illinois


Roland Burris, 2009-2010, Illinois

2 comments:

CParis said...

Brooke was in office until 1979.

HighJive said...

You’re right. And Wikipedia confirms it. So much for copying directly from newspapers—the Chicago Sun-Times made the original error. Thanks for the catch.