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Cleo Fields: “So before the election of this one African- American, who I assume is Carol Moseley-Braun whom the gentleman was…”

On the recordMarch 22, 1994
So before the election of this one African- American, who I assume is Carol Moseley-Braun whom the gentleman was referring to, prior to her election were there any African Americans since Reconstruction in the U.S. Senate?
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Cleo Fields
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the historical representation of African Americans in the U.S. Senate.

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