Black Senator Made History in 1870
Just five years after the end of the Civil War, Congress' first black member of Congress, Hiram Revels, took his seat in the U.S. Senate - but not without a fight from Democratic senators. Revels would be followed by other black congressmen during Reconstruction.
Black Conservatives Conflicted on Obama
I recently wrote about how ideology conflicted with race in a story about black conservatives and Republicans feeling tempted to vote for Obama. It was the most e-mailed story on Yahoo! News, and quickly prompted NPR, CNN and Fox News to do their own versions of the story.
