Learn more about the African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans and North American Indians who have served in the U.S. Senate, both past and present.
Senators
Ethnic Diversity in the Senate
Oral History: Carol Moseley Braun, First African-American Woman in the Senate
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
Senate Staff
African Americans in Senate History
August 1814: Saving Senate Records
Philip Reid and the Statue of Freedom
Robert Ogle: First African American to Serve as Professional Senate Staff
Oral History: Jesse R. Nichol, Government Documents Clerk/Librarian, Finance Committee, 1937-1971
Integrating Senate Spaces: Thomas Thornton and Louis Lautier
Oral History: Christine McCreary, Senate Staff Member, 1953-1998
Senate Chaplain, Barry C. Black
Oral History: Michael Johnson, from Senate Page to Deputy Assistant Sergeant at Arms
Senate Firsts
Paintings
Minorities in Congress
African American Members of the United States Congress (CRS) (PDF)
Black Americans in Congress (history.house.gov)
Hispanic Americans in Congress (history.house.gov)
Landmark Legislation
The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act
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