Government-U.S. Congress
Sydney Kai Kamlager-Dove (1972-)
The Honorable Sydney Kai Kamlager-Dove, a Freshman Democrat Member of the U.S. House of Representatives and an advocate for racial...
Kwanza Hall (1971-)
Kwanza Hall, recognized for his leadership as a civil servant and business executive, was elected in 2020 to complete the...
John Conyers (1929-2019)
John Conyers Jr., who served in the U.S. Congress fifty years (1965 to 2017), was born on May 16, 1929 in...
Marilyn Strickland (1962- )
On November 3, 2020, Marilyn Strickland won the open seat in Washington’s 10th Congressional District, becoming the first Black Representative...
Robin L. Kelly (1956- )
Democratic Congresswoman Robin Kelly represents Illinois’s 2nd District, which includes Kankakee County and parts of Cook and Will Counties. It...
Barbara Jordan (1936-1996)
Barbara Charline Jordan was born in Houston Texas’s Fifth Ward on February 21, 1936. She received her education in public...
Charles Edmund Nash (1844-1913)
Republican Charles Edmund Nash served in the 44th Congress as Louisiana’s only black representative. Nash was born in Opelousas, St....
Maxine Waters (1938- )
U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Waters has dedicated over thirty years of her life to local and national politics. Born Maxine Moore...
