| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xxiv, 455 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-435) and index. |
| Contents |
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 Willson -- 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 -- 1875-1877: The start of a Senate career -- 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 -- 1903: 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. |
| Summary |
Follows the lives and fortunes of the Bruce family, from Blanche Kelso Bruce, who was born a slave in 1841 and became the first black person to serve a full term in the Senate, to the scandal that sent his grandson to prison. |
| Subject |
Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898.
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Bruce, Josephine, 1853-1923.
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Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
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African American legislators -- Biography.
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Legislators' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
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United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography.
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Bruce, Roscoe Conkling, 1879-1950.
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Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898 -- Family.
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Bruce family.
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Bruce, Blanche Kelso.
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Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898. (OCoLC)fst00159433
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Bruce family. (OCoLC)fst00217428
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Bruce, Josephine, 1853-1923. (OCoLC)fst01942264
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Bruce, Roscoe Conkling, 1879-1950. (OCoLC)fst00446969
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United States. Congress. Senate. (OCoLC)fst00530422
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African American legislators. (OCoLC)fst00799220
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Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
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Legislators. (OCoLC)fst00995828
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Legislators' spouses. (OCoLC)fst00995904
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Indexed Term |
Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898 |
| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| ISBN |
0060184124 (acid-free paper) |
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9780060184124 (acid-free paper) |
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0061120790 (lg. print ; acid-free paper) |
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9780061120794 (lg. print ; acid-free paper) |
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