Barack Obama actually said...

As the first African American elected as a State's attorney general and first African American U.S. Senator elected after reconstruction, Ed Brooke stood at the forefront of the battle for civil rights and economic fairness.

Context

Statement on the Death of Former Senator Edward W. Brooke III

01/02/2015

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