http://www.metafilter.com/tags/blanchekbruce Posts tagged with 'blanchekbruce' at MetaFilter. Mon, 16 Dec 2002 22:25:29 -0800 Mon, 16 Dec 2002 22:25:29 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/22363/Senator%2DBlanche%2DK%2DBruce <a href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000968">Senator Blanche K. Bruce</a> was the first black person to serve a full term in the United States Senate (representing Mississippi from 1875 to 1881), and the first person born into slavery to <a href=http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Former_Slave_Presides_Over_Senate.htm>preside over the Senate</a>. The Senate Commission on Art <a href=http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/art/a_three_sections_with_teasers/art_hist_home.htm>recently unveiled</a> a newly-acquired <a href=http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/art/resources/graphic/xlarge/32_00039.jpg>portrait</a> of this determined leader. tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.22363 Mon, 16 Dec 2002 22:25:29 -0800 africanamerican black blanchekbruce race senate slavery oissubke