Edward William Brooke III was the first African-American to win popular election to the U.S. Senate. A Republican, he represented Massachusetts for two terms, from 1967 to 1979. And yesterday Brooks ...
Edward Brooke was a liberal Republican who was the first black American to be elected by popular vote to the United States Senate Edward Brooke in September 1966 joining campaign workers in ...
Former Massachusetts Sen. Edward W. Brooke III received a fitting tribute of devotion from members of his commonwealth March 10. Buried in Arlington National Cemetery’s Section 8, Brooke, a World War ...