Answer to:
How many black senators have there been throughout history, and how many are there now? African Americans: Hiram R. Revels (R-Mississippi), 1870-71 Blanche K. Bruce (R-Mississippi), 1875-1881 Edward W. Brooke (R-Massachusetts), 1967-1979 Carol Moseley-Braun (D-Illinois), 1993-1999 Barack Obama (D-Illinois), 2005-