Democrat Angela Alsobrooks became Maryland's first Black ... of Congress. McBride was also the first openly transgender person to work in the White House, speak at the Democratic National ...

Bed-Stuy’s residents were mostly African ... 58 “Black women…have ever been elected to the national legislature, counting both voting and nonvoting members of Congress.” ...

Democrat Angela Alsobrooks could become Maryland's first Black ... of Congress. McBride was also the first openly transgender person to work in the White House, speak at the Democratic National ...

McBride was also the first openly transgender person to work in the White House, speak at the Democratic National ... become the first Black woman to represent her state in Congress.

Or if Democrats wrest control of the House, it would provide an almost certain backstop, with veto power over the White House ... to the new Congress. Voters elected two Black women to the ...