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Title
Lawrence
Graham
interview
Interviewee
Graham, Lawrence
Interviewer
Martinson
,
Connie
Book Title
The senator and the socialite : the true story of America’s first Black dynasty
Subject
Legislators’ spouses - United States - Biography
African American legislators - Biography
Legislators - United States - Biography
United States. Congress. Senate - Biography
Bruce family
Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898 - Family
Bruce, Roscoe Conkling, 1879-1950
Bruce, Josephine
Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898
Coverage - Temporal
Nineteenth
century
Coverage - Spatial
United
States
Description
Lawrence
Graham
discusses
his
book
,
“The
Senator
and the
Socialite.”
He
begins
by
explaining
that the
book
is
a
biography
of the
first
African
American
to
serve
a
full
term
in the
U.S
.
Senate
,
Blanche
Kelso
Bruce
.
Graham
tells
the
story
of
America’s
first
black
dynasty
and
charts
the
course
of
three
generations
of a
family
that
went
from
slavery
to the
U.S
.
Senate
. He
tells
of the
marriage
of
Bruce
to
Josephine
Wilson
, the
daughter
of a
wealthy
African
American
doctor
and how
Bruce
and his
socialite
wife
went
on to
break
racial
barriers
as a
socialite
couple
in
1880s
Washington
,
D.C
. The
Bruces
hosted
gatherings
for
both
white
and
black
Republicans
,
such
as,
President
Grant
and
Frederick
Douglas
.
Graham
goes
on to
tell
how
Bruce
gained
appointments
under
four
Presidents
and was
given
a
Treasury
post
that
placed
his
name
on
all
U.S
.
currency
.
Later
in the
interview
Graham
goes
into
detail
about
the
experiences
of
Bruce’s
son
and
grandchildren
at
all-white
institutions
such
as
Phillips
Exeter
and
Harvard
.
Graham
also
discusses
African
Americans
and
politics
in the
modern
times
,
specifically
referencing
the then
Senator
Barrack
Obama
.
When
asked
if he would
ever
consider
running
for an
office
,
Graham
shared
that
it
is
something
he has
given
a
lot
of
thought
to.
Publisher
The Drucker Institute
Language
eng
Source
Betacam tape.
Collection
Connie
Martinson
Talks
Books
-
http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/cmt
Rights
All rights are retained by The Drucker Institute. For permission to use this item, contact The Drucker Institute,
http://www.thedruckerinstitute.com
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Moving Image
Format
video/f4v
Duration
00:12:57
Object File Name
cmt00393_0002
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