Government

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

On February 25, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the 116th Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. On April

Barack Obama

Barack Obama was born August 4, 1961. He is the first African American to be elected President of the United States. This historic win made

Condoleeza Rice

Condoleeza Rice enrolled at the University of Denver at the age of 15, graduating at 19 with a bachelor’s degree in political science (cum laude).

Barbara Jordan (1936-1996)

Barbara became the first African American woman elected to the Texas state senate in 1966 and as a congresswoman in the U.S. House of Representative

Carol Mosely Braun

In 1992, Carol Mosely-Braun was elected the first and only black woman to serve in the US Senate. Senator Mosely-Braun supported and passed legislature to

Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005)

Shirley was one of four daughters born to West Indies working class parents. Her parents desired that all their girls received a good education. In

Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993)

Judge Thurgood Marshall was a great lawyer and Civil Rights leader. As chief counsel for the NAACP, he won the historic Brown vs. Board of