A historical timeline tracing Mississippi's Senate representation from Hiram Revels and Blanche Bruce during Reconstruction, through Jim Crow disenfranchisement and the Voting Rights Act, to the modern political realignment and the reported 2026 election of Scott Colom as the state's first Black US senator in more than 140 years. This timeline was generated automatically by TimeStrands AI from Wikipedia research. Facts are sourced; framing may be imperfect.