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The Senator and the Socialite: The True Story of America's First Black Dynasty
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 929.208996073
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Label: HarperCollins
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: July 01, 2006
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date: June 27, 2006
Studio: HarperCollins
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Rating:  - Interesting topic, so-so execution
_The Senator &c._ is the family history of Blanche Kelso Bruce, the first African-American to serve in the United States Senate, during Reconstruction. It's a fine story, and I'm glad to be learning what I am about the Reconstruction years and politics, opportunities and swindles. But the author doesn't exactly excite me. His research seems relatively sound, but his writing is not going to get him any prizes or true fans.
Rating:  - The Senators & Socialite: True Story of America's First Black Dynasty
Excellent book. Very informative, happy to have obtain this great reading material. Book is in excellent condition, received it in a timely manner. I'm very happy with my purchase.
Rating:  - A Wealthy Family Slowly Falls Into Poverty
The Senator and the Socialite is less about a dynasty and more about a wealthy family degenerating into poverty. Blanche Bruce may have been a powerfull politician, but what power did he realy have? The White establishment could have thrown him away at any time. And his "wealth" came from renting farmland to poor Blacks, so in reality, he was a just another Southern plantation owner who happened to be Black. His children and grandchildren went to Harvard, Radcliff, and Exeter, but what for? Few companies ... Read More
Rating: - Intrigue and Disappointment
Lawrence Otis Graham's "The Senator and the Socialite" is an important work. Graham does a wonderful job of detailing the great accomplishments of Black-Americans - much of which you would not ordinarily hear about and should be proud of. However, I am saddened to learn the descendants of such an important historical figure (Senator Blanche K. Bruce) are ashamed of their Black-American heritage and now live as white people.
Rating: - The Senator and the Socialite
I thought this was a slow starting book,but I ended up really liking the book. I learned so much. Well worth reading.
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