Senator and the Socialite The True Story of America's First Black Dynasty

Name: Senator and the Socialite The True Story of America's First Black Dynasty
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ISBN: 9780060985134

ISBN-10: 0060985135

ISBN-13: 9780060985134

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Authors: Lawrence Otis Graham

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Blanche Kelso Bruce was born a slave in 1841, yet, remarkably, amassed a real-estate fortune and became the first black man to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate. He married Josephine Willson-the daughter of a wealthy black Philadelphia doctor-and together they broke down racial barriers in 1880s Washington, D.C., numbering President Ulysses S. Grant among their influential friends. The Bruce family achieved a level of wealth and power unheard of for people of color in nineteenth-century America. Yet later generations would stray from the proud Bruce legacy, stumbling into scandal and tragedy. Drawing on Senate records, historical documents, and personal letters, author Lawrence Otis…

Book details

List price: $15.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 7/3/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.82" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English