Valerie Foushee is a politician, a member of the Democratic Party, serving as the US Representative for North Carolina’s 4th congressional district since January 2023. She was born Valerie Jean Paige in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on May 7, 1956. Although her parents were just teenagers … Read MoreValerie Foushee (1956- )
Georgia Ann Hill Robinson became the first Black female police officer to work for the Los Angeles (California) Police Department (LAPD)—and possibly the first in the country—in 1916. Months before 15 percent of the police force of the United States would begin enlisting to enter … Read MoreGeorgia Ann Hill Robinson (1879–1961)
Samuel J. Battle, the first African American police officer in the New York Police Department, was born January 16, 1883, in New Bern, North Carolina. At the time, he was recorded as the largest baby born in North Carolina at 16 pounds. Battle later grew … Read MoreSamuel James Battle (1883-1966)
Thomas J. “Tom” Bradley, five-term Mayor of Los Angeles and the first major black candidate for Governor of California, was born in Calvert, Texas, on December 29, 1917, the son of Lee Thomas Bradley, a railroad porter, and Crenner Bradley, a maid. He was the … Read MoreTom Bradley (1917-1998)
