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Elijah Cummings, a longtime U.S. Congressman representing Maryland’s 7th District, whose political career that spans well over three decades, has…
BALTIMORE (AP) — He stood up for the poor and the disadvantaged throughout urban America — but Elijah Cummings was…
Byron Brown made history twice, most notably in 2005 when he was sworn in as the mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.…
ATLANTA (AP) — Democrat Stacey Abrams, who vaulted onto the national political stage championing voting rights during an unsuccessful 2018…
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Kamala Harris is on the move. During the course of a five-day sprint across Iowa that…
James H. McGee became Dayton, Ohio’s first Black mayor on July 15, 1970, and to date remains its longest tenured.…
MIAMI (AP) — Democratic divisions over race, age and ideology surged into public view in Thursday night’s presidential debate, a…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala Harris found her way back to the spotlight this week. The Democratic presidential candidate and California…
Parren James Mitchell was the first Black elected official from the state of Maryland. The Baltimore native was born April…
BALTIMORE (AP) — “Healthy Holly” is a polite African-American girl with devoted parents and a little brother. She loves exercise.…
CHICAGO (AP) — Former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot was elected Chicago mayor on Tuesday, becoming the first black woman and…
Current U.S. Congressman Emanuel Cleaver rose from humble beginnings in Texas to become the first Black mayor of Kansas City,…
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