Edward W. Brooke, first African American popularly elected to U.S. Senate, dies at 95

Vince524 · Jan 3, 2015

Edward W. Brooke, who in 1966 became the first African American popularly elected to the U.S. Senate and who influenced major anti-poverty laws before his bright political career unraveled over allegations of financial impropriety, died Jan. 3 at his home in Coral Gables, Fla. He was 95.

William Haskins · Jan 3, 2015

RIP senator, and thank you for the courage you displayed in both your convictions and your actions. thank you for being a voice in LBJ's ear in the fight against poverty and for civil rights.

William Haskins · Jan 3, 2015

a great unvarnished transcript of brooke weighing in on everything from civil rights, to obama's prospects (before he'd announced), to the favorable polling of a hypothetical nixon-brooke ticket.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2007/02/07/DI2007020701453.html

clintl · Jan 3, 2015

I always had a lot of respect for him. He was one of the last true Republican liberals.

Edward W. Brooke, first African American popularly elected to U.S. Senate, dies at 95

Vince524

Are you gonna finish that bacon?

William Haskins

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William Haskins

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clintl

Represent.