black senators

In 1966, Edward Brooke III became the first African-American United States Senator elected by popular vote. Brooke was born in Washington, D.C. on October 26, 1919. He entered Howard University, graduating in 1941. Shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Brooke entered the U.S. Army and fought in World War II. His service and […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Cory Booker had hundreds of Democratic activists nodding, applauding and eventually roaring — complete with a sermon-style call-and-response — as he entertained the Orangeburg County party barbecue to put the exclamation point on his first day in South Carolina as a potential presidential contender. The New Jersey senator’s two-day swing to […]

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Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina and HUD Secretary Ben Carson are trending on Twitter this afternoon after both were the lone two African-Americans in a sea of Republicans standing behind Donald Trump at his White House victory ceremony for the GOP tax bill. Scott, who has been working on the tax bill for the past year, was strategically placed front […]

Senator Cory Booker is facing death threats and more police officers have been added to his security detail in Newark, New Jersey.

A week after being cut off by Republicans while questioning Trump administration officials, Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris of California was cut off again while questioning Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Harris was questioning Sessions at a Senate intelligence committee hearing Tuesday about his legal basis for refusing to answer some questions. As Sessions evaded specifics, Harris […]

Surrounded by her family and close friends, Harris, California's sitting Attorney General, vowed to serve the people to her utmost ability.

WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, one of just two black members of the U.S. Senate and the only black Republican, said Wednesday he has been repeatedly pulled over by law enforcement and was once even stopped by a Capitol Police officer who apparently did not believe he was a senator. “I have […]