TC's post isn't accurate is it? There were a ton of Black senators post slavery right?
CHATGPT because I'm lazy: The following is a list of the Black senators in American history up until 2021: * Hiram Rhodes Revels (Republican, Mississippi, 1870-1871) * Blanche K. Bruce (Republican, Mississippi, 1875-1881) * Benjamin S. Turner (Democrat, Alabama, 1871-1877) * Robert C. DeLarge (Republican, South Carolina, 1871-1873) * Josiah T. Walls (Republican, Florida, 1871-1873) * Jefferson F. Long (Republican, Georgia, 1871-1872) * Robert Brown Elliot (Republican, South Carolina, 1871-1874) * John R. Lynch (Republican, Mississippi, 1873-1877) * Edward Brooke (Republican, Massachusetts, 1967-1979) * Carol Moseley Braun (Democrat, Illinois, 1993-1999) * Barack Obama (Democrat, Illinois, 2005-2008; 2009-2017) * Cory Booker (Democrat, New Jersey, 2013-2021) * Kamala Harris (Democrat, California, 2017-2021)
That list is garbage lol. Here's the real list, straight from senate.gov: