THE WEEK IN HISTORY

November 3, 1992 Carol Moseley Braun elected to Congress On November 3, 1992, Carol Moseley Braun became the first Black woman elected to the US Senate (one half of Congress, the branch of government that makes laws). Previously, she had served in the Illinois State Legislature for nine years and had also worked as an environmental activist and lawyer. She is “a stepping stone for all of us, someone to look up to,” a colleague said after her victory.…

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