One of my favorite moments from "The Partisans:" The day Roscoe Conkling welcomed Black Republican Blanche Kelso Bruce to the Senate while Bruce's white colleagues ignored him #booksky #GildedAge #Conkling #BlancheKBruce #Mississippi

May 21, 1881: Blanche K. Bruce Became Register of the Treasury Blanche K. Bruce became Register of the Treasury, which placed his name on all U.S. currency.

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