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Ed Brooke: The Senate's Civil Rights Pioneer and Prophet of a Post-Racial America

RIP

Ed Brooke, the first African-American Senator since Reconstruction, embraced fights with the left and right. But it’s time for civil rights historians to give the pioneering Republican the respect he deserves.

John Avlon
John Avlon
John Avlon

John Avlon

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