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Not included are African-Americans potential candidates (suggested by media, objects of draft movements, etc.), potential candidates who did not file for office or fictional candidates. Two biracial candidates are included: Barack Obama and Kamala Harris. In 2024, two African-American women won their United States Senate races: Lisa Blunt ...
African-American United States senators (15 P) Pages in category "African-American candidates for the United States Senate" The following 74 pages are in this category, out of 74 total.
The first two African-American senators represented the state of Mississippi during the Reconstruction era, following the American Civil War. Hiram Rhodes Revels, the first African American to serve in the Senate, was elected in 1870 [5] by the Mississippi State Legislature to succeed Albert G. Brown, who resigned during the Civil War.
Wayne Black was one of the few African Americans in the crowd as about 100 people gathered recently at the The post In Georgia, 2 Black candidates to compete for Senate seat appeared first on TheGrio.
This category includes African-American United States senators who are currently serving as well as those who served in the past. Pages in category "African-American United States senators" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
Booker is the first African American to be a major party nominee for U.S. Senate in Kentucky. [6] Following his defeat, Booker was appointed by Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear to lead the Governor's Office of Faith-Based Initiatives and Community Involvement. [7]
This election marked the first time since Reconstruction in 1874 that an African-American was elected to the United States Senate and Edward Brooke's inauguration was the first time since 1881 that an African-American United States senator held a United States Senate seat.
It is the first race between two African American candidates for Senate. January 4, 2005 - Is sworn in as US senator. 2006 - Wins a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for his reading of “Dreams ...