01396cam a2200313 4500 335193836 ER5 20080801120000.0 060426s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2005055146 9780060184124 27.95 0060184124 27.95 ER5 Graham, Lawrence. The senator and the socialite : the true story of America's first black dynasty / Lawrence Otis Graham. New York, NY : HarperCollins, 2006. xxiv, 455 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-435) and index. 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. Bruce, Blanche Kelso 1841-1898. Bruce, Blanche Kelso 1841-1898. Family. Bruce, Josephine. Bruce, Roscoe Conkling 1879-1950. Bruce family. United States Congress Senate Biography. Legislators United States Biography. African American legislators Biography. Legislator's spouses United States Biography.