“We’re going to be in his face,” said Congressional Black Caucus chairwoman, U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y. Donald Trump’s ...

As the 119th session of Congress prepares to convene in January, the Democratic Party is set to welcome 22 newly elected officials, marking a significant moment in the ongoing evolution of the ...

WASHINGTON ‒ The number of Black women elected to Congress has remained steady in recent years, but a record number of Black women have served in state legislatures this year, often the pipeline to ...

U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, the first African American woman to represent New Jersey in Congress, announced Monday that ...

Rosa Parks: First Statue of African-American Female to Grace Capitol Feb. 27, 2013 -- intro: Rosa Parks, the civil rights pioneer, made history again today by becoming the first African American woman ...

Just over a quarter (26%) of voting members in the U.S. Congress identify as a race or ethnicity other than non-Hispanic White, making the 119th Congress the most racially and ethnically diverse to ...

Virginia Democratic state Sen. Jennifer McClellan cruised to an easy victory in Tuesday's special election for Virginia's 4th Congressional District, making her the first Black woman to represent the ...

For the last four years, the U.S. Mint issued five new quarters each year with an American woman on the reverse side. Former Rep. Barbara Lee, (D-Calif.-12), introduced the Circulating Collectible ...

Donald Trump’s first joint address to Congress as the 47th president of the United States on Tuesday night was met with resistance from Democrats on Capitol Hill. But it’s the elected Black members, ...