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The launch of the Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls. The Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls is a United States congressional caucus founded on March 29, 2016 [1] to advance issues and legislation important to the welfare of women and girls of African descent. [2] [3]
The Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls is a separate caucus of the United States Congress founded in 2016 to advance issues and legislation important to the welfare of women and girls of African descent. [42] [43]
The first African-American woman to serve as a representative was Shirley Chisholm from New York's 12th congressional district in 1969 during the Civil Rights Movement. Many African-American members of the House of Representatives serve majority-minority districts. [4]
The Congressional Black Caucus will have 62 members in the 119th Congress, contributing to a record 67 Black representatives.
At least 122 Black or multi-racial Black women filed to run for congressional seats in this year's election; this figure has increased steadily since 2012.
In 2021, as stated by the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, 27 Black women will serve in the 117th Congress, doubling the number of Black women to serve in 2011. [36] In 2014, Mia Love was the first black woman to be elected to Congress for the Republican Party. [37]
Along with being the first Black woman to be elected to Congress in Virginia, McClellan in 2010 was the first Virginia delegate to serve in a legislative session while pregnant and to give birth ...
West lost his reelection bid in 2012, while Scott resigned in January 2013 to accept appointment to the U.S. Senate. Two new black Republicans, Will Hurd of Texas's 23rd district and Mia Love of Utah's 4th district, were elected in 2014, with Love being the first ever black Republican woman to be elected to Congress. She lost reelection in 2018 ...