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Drawing on Senate records, historical documents, and personal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.
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