Ketanji Brown Jackson And Other Black Women Who Achieved Political Firsts
Ketanji Brown Jackson Adds To A List Of Black Women Who’ve Achieved Political Firsts
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History was made on April 7, when Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed as a Justice of the Supreme Court.
As MADAMENOIRE previously reported, her addition to the Supreme Court bench makes it as diverse as it’s ever been — now having four women and five men. Additionally, it’s the first time the Court’s ever had two Black Justices — Jackson and Justice Clarence Thomas.
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In honor of Jackson being the nation’s first Black woman Supreme Court Justice, here are seven other Black women who’ve achieved political firsts.
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Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm is heralded as the country’s first Black congresswoman. During her 1972 presidential run, she also made history as the first Black major-party candidate and the first woman to run for the Democratic party’s presidential nomination.
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- Anita Baker To Embark On Nationwide Tour For The First Time Since 1995
- Lenny Kravitz Maintains Rock God Status With Bubble Bath Thirst Trap And A Phone Call From Denzel Washington During Performance
- Nia Long Isn’t Happy With How The Boston Celtics Handled Ime Udoka’s Cheating Scandal
- Wendy Williams’ Son Kevin Hunter Jr. Evicted From Miami Apartment
- Tyler Perry And Byron Allen Are In Talks To Acquire BET From Paramount
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Condoleeza Rice
Condoleeza Rice became the first woman to become a National Security Advisor in 2001, under President George W. Bush’s administration.
From 2005 to 2009, she also served as the U.S.’s first Black female Secretary of State.
- Anita Baker To Embark On Nationwide Tour For The First Time Since 1995
- Lenny Kravitz Maintains Rock God Status With Bubble Bath Thirst Trap And A Phone Call From Denzel Washington During Performance
- Nia Long Isn’t Happy With How The Boston Celtics Handled Ime Udoka’s Cheating Scandal
- Wendy Williams’ Son Kevin Hunter Jr. Evicted From Miami Apartment
- Tyler Perry And Byron Allen Are In Talks To Acquire BET From Paramount
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Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama became our nation’s first African-American First Lady when her husband Barack Obama was inaugurated as President for his first term in 2008.
- Anita Baker To Embark On Nationwide Tour For The First Time Since 1995
- Lenny Kravitz Maintains Rock God Status With Bubble Bath Thirst Trap And A Phone Call From Denzel Washington During Performance
- Nia Long Isn’t Happy With How The Boston Celtics Handled Ime Udoka’s Cheating Scandal
- Wendy Williams’ Son Kevin Hunter Jr. Evicted From Miami Apartment
- Tyler Perry And Byron Allen Are In Talks To Acquire BET From Paramount
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Charlotta Spears Bass
In 1952, Charlotta Spears Bass became the first Black woman nominee for vice president in the United States via Progressive Party ticket, “which received less than one percent of the popular vote” in the presidential election that year according to Rutgers’ Center For American Women and Politics.
- Anita Baker To Embark On Nationwide Tour For The First Time Since 1995
- Lenny Kravitz Maintains Rock God Status With Bubble Bath Thirst Trap And A Phone Call From Denzel Washington During Performance
- Nia Long Isn’t Happy With How The Boston Celtics Handled Ime Udoka’s Cheating Scandal
- Wendy Williams’ Son Kevin Hunter Jr. Evicted From Miami Apartment
- Tyler Perry And Byron Allen Are In Talks To Acquire BET From Paramount
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Constance Baker Motley
Appointed by President Lyndon Johnson to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1966, Constance Baker Motley was the first Black woman to serve as a federal judge.
- Anita Baker To Embark On Nationwide Tour For The First Time Since 1995
- Lenny Kravitz Maintains Rock God Status With Bubble Bath Thirst Trap And A Phone Call From Denzel Washington During Performance
- Nia Long Isn’t Happy With How The Boston Celtics Handled Ime Udoka’s Cheating Scandal
- Wendy Williams’ Son Kevin Hunter Jr. Evicted From Miami Apartment
- Tyler Perry And Byron Allen Are In Talks To Acquire BET From Paramount
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Patricia Roberts Harris
Patricia Roberts Harris achieved several political firsts.
She was our nation’s first Black woman ambassador, the first Black woman to serve in a presidential cabinet under President Jimmy Carter’s administration and the first woman to hold two different cabinet positions.
She worked as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1977 to 1979 and as Secretary of Health and Human Services from 1979 to 1981.
- Anita Baker To Embark On Nationwide Tour For The First Time Since 1995
- Lenny Kravitz Maintains Rock God Status With Bubble Bath Thirst Trap And A Phone Call From Denzel Washington During Performance
- Nia Long Isn’t Happy With How The Boston Celtics Handled Ime Udoka’s Cheating Scandal
- Wendy Williams’ Son Kevin Hunter Jr. Evicted From Miami Apartment
- Tyler Perry And Byron Allen Are In Talks To Acquire BET From Paramount
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Carol Moseley Braun
Carol Moseley Braun became the first Black woman and first woman of color to be elected into the U.S. Senate in 1992.
- Anita Baker To Embark On Nationwide Tour For The First Time Since 1995
- Lenny Kravitz Maintains Rock God Status With Bubble Bath Thirst Trap And A Phone Call From Denzel Washington During Performance
- Nia Long Isn’t Happy With How The Boston Celtics Handled Ime Udoka’s Cheating Scandal
- Wendy Williams’ Son Kevin Hunter Jr. Evicted From Miami Apartment
- Tyler Perry And Byron Allen Are In Talks To Acquire BET From Paramount
