Black Women Make History as California and U.S. Senators – Los Angeles Sentinel
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on November 14, 2024
Top row, from left, are Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles), Assemblymember Akilah Weber (D-San Diego), and Laura Richardson – candidate for CA State Senate District 35. Bottom row, from left, are Lisa Blunt-Rochester (Delaware), Angela Alsobrooks (Maryland), and Michelle Chambers – candidate for CA State Senate District 35. (Courtesy photo)
There is one African American woman currently serving in the California State Senate, Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Ladera Heights).
It’s the same in the U.S. Senate.
In October of 2023, Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Sen. Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.) to . . .
