Trailblazer : perseverance in life and politics

Moseley-Braun, Carol, 1947- author.

Book 2025

"The first Black woman ever elected to the Senate. The first woman to represent the state of Illinois. The first Black woman to serve as a US ambassador to New Zealand. These are just a few of the 'firsts' that Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun can lay claim to since entering politics in the 1970s. Since then, the self-professed 'Black girl from the south side of Chicago' has been shattering ceilings and making history. Yet her journey to Congress a...

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