SYLVIA WINGFIELD, Associated Press MARK PRATT, Associated Press

Nation/World

Edward Brooke, 1st black elected US senator, dies

January 4, 2015

BOSTON (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Edward W. Brooke, a liberal Republican who became the first black in U.S. history to win popular election to the Senate...

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