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The Senator and the Socialite : The True Story of America's First Black Dynasty Paperback - 2007
by Lawrence Otis Graham
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- Title The Senator and the Socialite : The True Story of America's First Black Dynasty
- Author Lawrence Otis Graham
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 512
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers, USA
- Date 2007
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0060985135I3N00
- ISBN 9780060985134 / 0060985135
- Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.3 x 1 in (20.32 x 13.46 x 2.54 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress subjects United States, Legislators - United States
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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From the rear cover
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Drawing on Senate records, historical documents, and personal letters, author Lawrence Otis Graham weaves a riveting social history that offers a fascinating look at race, politics, and class in America.