Black women in politics

Former U.S. Representative Mia Love, the first Black woman elected to Congress as a Republican, is facing a worsening prognosis in her …

The Atlanta City Council has officially approved the renaming of a major street and park in honor of former Mayor Shirley Franklin, …

The 119th U.S. Congress, which began on January 3, saw a slight decline in women’s representation for the first time since 2016. …

In a powerful intersection of history and progress, Vice President Kamala Harris signed the Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act, posthumously awarding …

Laphonza Butler, the first openly LGBTQ+ Black U.S. senator, officially left office on Monday after a historic 14-month tenure representing California in …

Shayla Favor has shattered barriers, becoming the first Black woman elected as Franklin County prosecutor on Nov. 5. Garnering 63% of the …

Dr. Wendy Osefo, a star of Bravo’s Real Housewives of Potomac and a political commentator, didn’t hold back during a recent conversation …

This fall’s U.S. Senate races hold the potential for history-making moments, with two Black women, Delaware’s Lisa Blunt Rochester and Maryland’s Angela …

On August 22, 1964, Mississippi civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer delivered a powerful speech at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic …