عنوان

The senator and the socialite :

(Number (ISBN

0060985135

(Number (ISBN

9780060985134

Number

b761143

Title Proper

The senator and the socialite :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the true story of America's first black dynasty /

First Statement of Responsibility

Lawrence Otis Graham.

Edition Statement

1st Harper Perennial ed.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Harper Perennial,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2007.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxviii, 455 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :

Other Physical Details

illustrations, portraits ;

Dimensions

21 cm

Text of Note

Originally published: HarperCollins, 2006.

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-435) and index.

Text of Note

1875: A senator is sworn in and a dynasty begins -- 1841-1861: Blanche Bruce's slave family in Virginia and Missouri -- 1841-1860: The free aristocratic family of Josephine Wilson -- 1862-1870: Bruce finds Kansas freedom, Ohio education, and Mississippi reconstruction -- 1870-1874: Bruce builds a base of power in Mississippi and is elected to the U.S. Senate -- 1877-1878: A senator and a socialite Marry despite family and class conflicts -- 1878: A Black dynasty begins -- 1879-1880: A new child and a new redemption congress -- 1880-1888: Bruce leaves the Senate, joins the Treasury Department, then enters private life -- 1889-1895: Bruce persuades President Harrison to give him a job and his wife gains her independence -- 1895-1898: The senator gets appointed by President McKinley as his son breaks barriers at Phillips Exeter; the senator dies -- March 1898-June 1902: The senator's son begins a courtship at Harvard, and the senator's widow carries out a legacy -- 1902: Roscoe builds an alliance with Booker T. Washington -- 1902: A marriage of the second generation, and life in Tuskegee -- December 1903-1906: Roscoe and Clara build the next generation -- 1906-1914: A triumphant return to Washington life: the Bruce family's second generation emerges -- 1915-1922: Roscoe's downfall in Washington -- 1923-1924: Roscoe struggles with Harvard's President, his family finances, and his children's success -- 1925-1929: The family moves to Cambridge and New York, and Roscoe builds an alliance with John D. Rockefeller Jr. -- 1930-1939: The third generation makes news, and the senator's grandson goes to prison -- 1940-1967: The third Bruce generation erases a proud history.

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Bruce family.

Bruce, Blanche Kelso,1841-1898-- Family.

Bruce, Blanche Kelso,1841-1898.

Bruce, Josephine.

Bruce, Roscoe Conkling,1879-1950.

Bruce family.

Bruce, Blanche Kelso,1841-1898.

Bruce, Josephine.

Bruce, Roscoe Conkling,1879-1950.

United States.

United States.

African American legislators, Biography.

Legislators' spouses-- United States, Biography.

Legislators-- United States, Biography.

African American legislators.

Families.

Legislators' spouses.

Legislators.

United States.

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Edition

Class number

Book number

Graham, Lawrence.

Date of Transaction

20201204204758.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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