Blanche Kelso Bruce was an American politician who represented Mississippi as a Republican in the United States Senate from 1875 to 1881. Born into slavery in Prince Edward County, Virginia, he went on to become the first elected African-American senator to serve a full term.
Blanche Bruce
Bruce's house at 909 M Street NW in Washington, D.C. was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975
Blanche Kelso Bruce (2001)
Prince Edward County, Virginia
Prince Edward County is located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,849. Its county seat is Farmville.
Ruffner Hall at Longwood University in Farmville.
Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, for whom the county was named