A Black transgender woman’s testimony helped ratify the 14th Amendment. Then conservatives began attacking her identity
Frances Thompson’s testimony in 1866 came at a critical time, as the nation weighed whether to expand equal constitutional ...
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Rep. Jennifer McClellan: Virginia’s first black congresswoman
In February 2023, history was made in the Commonwealth as elected Democrat Jennifer McCllelan soared to victory in a race to ...
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She was the first Black woman to run the U.S. budget. She doesn’t want to be the last.
It still amazes me that I'm the first Black woman to sit in this chair and do ... we said we would not negotiate in that way. It's Congress' job to lift the debt ceiling, but when one side is ...
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Breaking barriers and making history, US Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester gets candid
Lisa Blunt Rochester takes the former Wilmington Council President's advice and lessons with her everywhere. It's her ...
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Nancy Leftenant-Colon, Who Was the First Black Woman in Army Nurse Corps, Has Died
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, Who Was the First Black Woman in Army Nurse Corps ... the highest civilian award given by Congress, to the Tuskegee Airmen as a group. “She led the way, and she kept ...
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119th Congress brings new growth in racial, ethnic diversity to Capitol Hill
Overall, 139 of today’s senators and representatives identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian American or Native American.