Angela Alsobrooks, Lisa Blunt Rochester Make History as Newly Elected Black Senators in 2024 Election
Two years ago, the U.S. Senate did not have a single Black woman. And before that, only two Black women had ever served in the upper chamber of Congress. Lisa Blunt Rochester in Delaware and Angela Alsobrooks in Maryland have changed the math. They both won their races on Tuesday, Nov. 5 — making history while bringing greater representation to Congress and maintaining the Democrats’ hold on the seats. This is also the first time that two Black women will serve as senators together — and they will each take
Monroe Nichols Becomes First Black Mayor of Tulsa
Photo: Oklahoma House of Representatives Democratic Oklahoma Rep. Monroe Nichols has made history in the city of Tulsa. On Tuesday (November 5), Nichols was projected to win the Tulsa Mayoral election, besting his challenger, Tulsa County Commissioner Karen Keith, per 2 News Oklahoma. Nichols will serve as Tulsa’s first Black mayor. He delivered his acceptance on Tuesday night in front of images of Black Wall Street, a thriving district in Tulsa that was destroyed by a white mob in 1921. Nichols, who’s served as a State Representative for House District 72 since 2016, will take over for
Nick Brown Makes History as Washington’s First Black Attorney General
Photo: Nick Brown For Attorney General Democrat Nick Brown made history on Election Night. On Tuesday (November 5), Brown was projected to win the race for Washington attorney general, besting Republican Pete Serrano, per the Associated Press. Brown's win makes him the first Black person to serve as Washington's attorney general. He is succeeding Bob Ferguson, who ran for governor instead of seeking reelection, to become the state's first new attorney general in 12 years. During his campaign for AG, Brown, a former U.S. attorney for western Washington, faced Serrano, a
Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears could become nation’s 1st Black woman governor
Photo: Getty Images Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R), the first Black woman to ever serve in a statewide office in Virginia, could again make history with her bid for governor. On Wednesday (September 4), Earle-Sears launched her campaign for Virginia governor as the state's Department of Elections accepted the necessary document for her run, per NBC News. Earle-Sears could make history as the nation's first-ever Black woman governor if she's elected. She is the first Republican to officially make her bid for the party's nomination in 2025. Current governor Glenn Youngkin
Meet Opal Lee — The Woman Who Fought To Make Juneteenth a U.S. Holiday
On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed a bill into law officially making Juneteenth a federal holiday. The push to get the historic day recognized at the federal level had been decades in the making, and 94-year-old Opal Lee, known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” had championed efforts for years. Lee told NPR that the wait for Juneteenth being a US holiday has been 155 years 11 months and 28 days in the making. “And now we can all finally celebrate. The whole country together,” Lee said after