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Edward Brooke, 1st black elected US senator, dies

By SYLVIA WINGFIELD and MARK PRATT Former U.S. Sen. Edward W. Brooke, a liberal Republican who became the first black in U.S. history to win popular election to the Senate,…

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Edward Brooke, 1st black elected US senator, dies