Senator Tim Scott to Host Event Honoring America’s Black Senators During Black History Month

Washington – U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) will be joined by Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and former U.S. Senators Carol Moseley Braun (D-IL), Roland Burris (D-IL), and William “Mo” Cowan (D-MA) at Honoring our Past and Celebrating our Future: Discussing Personal Journeys and a Nation’s Progress with America’s Black Senators. The event, to be held at the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. at 9:30 AM on February 25th, will be a non-partisan discussion moderated by U.S. Senate Chaplain Barry Black.

President Barack Obama (D-IL) and former Senator Edward Brooke (R-MA) have also been invited. Reconstruction-era Senators Hiram Rhodes Revels (R-MS) and Blanche Kelso Bruce (R-MS) will be honored as well.

Members of the public wishing to attend are asked to RSVP at rsvp@scott.senate.gov. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis.

Media must RSVP at Scott_Press@scott.senate.gov.