Jesus, no wonder that poor bastard up in Fort Lauderdale ran amok and decided that all bowling balls were actually n****r ...

“I had a special session of the legislature on at the time,” White recalls, “and the next year I was out stumping all over the state, trying to get Senator Bilbo’s seat in Washingto ...

The Governor-elect was given transfusions ... Louisiana’s Huey Long and Mississippi’s Theodore (“The Man”) Bilbo had appealed so successfully to ignorance and bigotry.

Some said that while on the stump, Bilbo seemed ten feet tall. Yet, Theodore G. Bilbo was also one of the most virulent racists ever to sit in the United States Senate. In spite of his violent racism, ...

Bilbo. Harrison and Bilbo did not get along. Senator Bilbo had done everything he possibly could to dislodge Harrison from the United States Senate when he had backed Governor Mike Sennett against him ...

Tim Scott on Friday makes history, becoming the longest-serving African American in the 235-year history of the United States Senate. This historic moment will be shared alongside four other ...

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) has become the longest-serving Black senator in U.S. history, as the 119th Congress begins Friday. Scott was appointed to the Senate in 2012 by then-Gov. Nikki Haley (R ...

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., made history on Friday when the new 119th Congress was sworn in, making him the longest-serving Black U.S. senator. The achievement marks a turning point in U.S. politics ...

Senate Democrats were livid after Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) and Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.), two longtime members of their caucus, voted Wednesday to block President Biden’s nominee, Lauren ...