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Brooke for Senate Aims to be First Negro since Reconstruction
In 1966 Edward Brooke announces his bid for the U S Senate after serving as Massachusetts attorney general and winning a seat in 1964. He notes racial barriers, recalls winning statewide offices, and stresses civil rights while pledging to run on his record and Massachusetts voters. He rejects extremist endorsements and emphasizes urban and civil rights priorities.
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Donald M. Rothberg
Boston
Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
Brooke
Johnson
Edward M. Kennedy
Leverett Saltonstall
Saltonstall
U.S. Senate
John F. Collins
Collins
Kennedy
House of Representatives
Robert Clayton Henry
Springfield
Ohio
Floyd McCree
Flint
Mich
Carl B. Stokes
Cleveland
Ralph S. Locher
Qus M. Smith
Michigan Supreme Court
United States
John F. Kennedy
Barry M. Goldwater
Goldwater
Barry Goldwater
Republican Party
Senate
State House
John A. Volpe
Volpe
Saltonsta
Massachusetts Crime Commission
Massachusetts House
Governor’s Council
Selma
Alabama
Washington, DC
Veterans Administration
Washington
Deep South