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The first african-american to serve a full senate term was also from mississippi. his name was blanche bruce. and both of these men were elected before the passage of the 17th amendment in 1913, when senators were chosen by state legislatures, rather than by a popular vote. since then, there hasn't been an abundance of african-americans in the senate. cory booker becomes the ninth black senator in all of u.s. history. this is a graphicical representation of what that looks like. the teeny, tiny black slice is every black person who's ever served in the united states senate ever. so why aren't ...

Have shaken the nerves of any one." as you can imagine, 1870, much of that abuse was blatantly racist. they wrote of a descendant of a orangutan in congress. the first african-american to serve a full senate term was also from mississippi. his name was blanche bruce. and both of these men were elected before the passage of the 17th amendment in 1913, when senators were chosen by state legislatures, rather than by a popular vote. since then, there hasn't been an abundance of african-americans in the senate. cory booker becomes the ninth black senator in all of u.s. history. this is a graphicica...

Next year. he took a victory lap across the state where he was greeted with welcome home rallies and cheering audiences for as one supporter said going to the mats. under cruz's influence, republicans in texas are lurching further and further to the right to win primaries and making dramatic appeals to do it. calling for the impeachment of president obama. calling for a rollback of the 17th amendment that allows for popular election of u.s. senators and imposing benefits for illegal immigrants as well as any discrimination laws. if successful, could cruz's influence expand nationally and more ...

Benghazi. three candidates for attorney general oppose a non-discrimination ordinance in san antonio that includes protections for sexual orientation and gender identity. and dewhurst and his challenger support repealing the 17th amendment called for popular election of senators. and they want to have new york, california, saying quote, think about how different our country would be if new york and california weren't the tail wagging the dog. and those other states. it's not america. going back to the use of the term america. it seems in the lexicon of these people to mean white conservatives....

He took a victory lap across the state where he was greeted with welcome home rallies and cheering audiences for as one supporter said going to the mats. under cruz's influence, republicans in texas are lurching further and further to the right to win primaries and making dramatic appeals to do it. calling for the impeachment of president obama. calling for a rollback of the 17th amendment that allows for popular election of u.s. senators and imposing benefits for illegal immigrants as well as any discrimination laws. if successful, could cruz's influence expand nationally and more so could we...