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James Boyce Black (born March 25, 1935) is a member of the North Carolina Democratic Party, and a former member of the North Carolina General Assembly, who represented the state's 100th House district, including constituents in Mecklenburg County.
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 following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of North Carolina. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from North Carolina. The list of names should be ...
Mark Keith Robinson (born August 18, 1968) is an American politician who served as the 35th lieutenant governor of North Carolina from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he was the party's nominee in the 2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election.
first African-American men elected to the North Carolina Senate: John R. Bryant (1866) first African-American woman to serve in the North Carolina House of Representatives: Annie Brown Kennedy (appointed, 1979; elected, 1982) first African-American woman to serve in the North Carolina Senate: Jeanne Hopkins Lucas (1993, appointed and re-elected)
A group of Black and Latino voters sued the state on Monday over a new map of North Carolina’s congressional districts, which they argue unconstitutionally discriminates against minority voters.
Black North Carolina voters have historically relied on centrist white Democrats for representation at the state level. The current Democratic governor, Roy Cooper, is term-limited.
Natalie S. Murdock is an American politician and a Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate. [1] Upon being sworn in, she became the first black woman under the age of 40 to serve in the North Carolina Senate.