Indisputable, though, is this: Paige reached the major leagues at an age when most pitchers have long stopped stressing their rotator cuffs. Also inarguable: the 6-foot-3, 180-pound right-hander is remembered as much for his witticisms as his extraordinary pitching talent and longevity.
Only four black men and women were elected to the United States Senate in all of American history â former Sens. Edward William Brooke (R-MA) and Carol Moseley Braun (D-IL) join Booker in this very exclusive group, along with President Barack Obama.
1. The present 111th U.S. Congress has a lone Senator in the person of Rep. Roland Burris of Illinois. This is based on a statistical profile released by the Congressional Research Service in February 2010. To date, there have only been 6 black senators in the U.S. Senate. The first was in Senator Hiram Rhodes Revels of Mississippi who was voted in 1870. Share this: