Revels was poised to become the first Black person to serve in Congress. But despite his election to the post, the senator-to-be wasn’t welcomed to the legislature. Instead, the United States ...

On November 5th, history was made, as both Lisa Blunt Rochester and Angela Alsobrooks won their races, marking the first time two Black women will serve simultaneously in the U.S Senate.

Alsobrooks (D), is expected to win her race. If she does, they would become the first two Black women to serve together in the Senate. And they would probably be sworn in together by the outgoing ...

Harold Pope hopes to win the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor, a well-paying job that's often a political dead ...

AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast A new memoir by Carol Moseley Braun, the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Senate, is coming soon! Hanover Square Press announced that the new book, written by ...

WASHINGTON — Voters for the first time elected two Black women to serve simultaneously in the Senate and sent an openly transgender lawmaker to Congress on Tuesday. They’re among historic ...

WASHINGTON — For the first time ever, two Black women were elected Tuesday to serve in the U.S. Senate, while voters also sent a transgender lawmaker to the U.S. House of Representatives.

the nation’s first openly gay Black senator stepped onto the Senate floor and read aloud from some of them. “Perhaps for some of you here today, I am the face of one of your fears ...

WASHINGTON — Voters for the first time elected two Black women to serve simultaneously in the Senate and sent an openly transgender lawmaker to Congress on Tuesday. They’re among historic ...