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John Shaw, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute director, chats with former U.S. Senator from Illinois Carol Moseley Braun. (Photo by Steve Buhman) October 27, 2025 Former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun visits Carbondale More than 100 people attended an Oct. 22 fireside discussion featuring former U.S. Senator from Illinois Carol Moseley Braun and hosted by […]
Then U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun meets in the Oval Office with President Bill Clinton in March 1993. (Public domain photos via Wikimedia Commons) October 15, 2025 SIU’s Simon Institute hosts former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun CARBONDALE, Ill. — Former U.S. Senator from Illinois Carol Moseley Braun will discuss her pioneering career and her […]
In 1992, Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun made history when she was elected to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first Black woman, and the first woman from Illinois, to ever hold that seat. A trailblazer in every sense, her groundbreaking win marked a major milestone in American politics. Now, the former lawmaker and Chicago native is […]
“Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton … ” Carol Moseley Braun was riding a lift in the US Capitol building when she heard Dixie, the unofficial anthem of the slave-owning Confederacy during the civil war. “The sound was not very loud, yet it pierced my ears with the intensity of a […]
Then-Chicago mayoral candidate Carol Moseley Braun talks to a reporter at Yolk restaurant in Chicago on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. Paul Beaty/AP hide caption toggle caption Paul Beaty/AP Carol Moseley Braun is a woman of many firsts. After serving as an Illinois state representative from 1978 to 1988, Moseley Braun became the recorder of deeds […]
Former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun has been elected board chair of The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, the museum announced Monday. “As the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Senate, Carol Moseley Braun has a long history of championing civil rights, social justice and educational equity. Her appointment to the […]
First Black Female U.S. Senator Carol Moseley Braun to Join House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch at Women in Power PR Newswire Source link
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