First elected black US senator dies
By Agence France-Presse in Washington | China Daily | Updated: 2015-01-05 07:51
Trailblazer Brooke hailed by Obama for 'extraordinary life'
Politicians from both sides of the aisle mourned the death on Saturday of "trailblazer" Edward Brooke, the first popularly elected black US senator. He was 95.
Brooke, who represented Massachusetts from 1967 to 1979 in the US Senate, championed laws to benefit the disadvantaged during his two terms.
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