Displaying 1 - 50 of 51 unique individuals
Congress
Position Count
U.S. Delegate 3
U.S. Representative 46
U.S. Senator 2
Position Name Race/Ethnicity Party State
U.S. Representative (2014-2022)
State Representative (1994-2014)
Alma S. Adams Black/African American Democrat North Carolina
U.S. Representative (2013-2022)
U.S. Representative (2011-2012)
State Representative (2005-2010)
Karen R. Bass Black/African American Democrat California
U.S. Representative (2013-2022)
State Representative (1999-2008)
Joyce B. Beatty Black/African American Democrat Ohio
  • U.S. Representative (2017-2022)
Lisa Blunt Rochester Black/African American Democrat Delaware
U.S. Representative (2013-2016)
U.S. Representative (1993-2012)
State Representative (1983-1992)
Corrine Brown Black/African American Democrat Florida
U.S. Representative (1975-1978)
U.S. Representative (1973-1974)
Yvonne Burke Black/African American Democrat California
  • U.S. Representative (2021-2022)
Cori Bush Black/African American Democrat Missouri
U.S. Representative (2003-2007)
U.S. Representative (1997-2002)
State Senator (1977-1990)
State Representative (1973-1976)
Julia M. Carson Black/African American Democrat Indiana
U.S. Representative (1969-1982)
State Representative (1965-1968)
Shirley Chisholm Black/African American Democrat New York
  • U.S. Delegate (1997-2014)
Donna M. Christensen Black/African American Democrat Virgin Islands
U.S. Representative (2013-2022)
U.S. Representative (2007-2012)
Yvette D. Clarke Black/African American Democrat New York
  • U.S. Representative (1992-2002)
Eva Clayton Black/African American Democrat North Carolina
U.S. Representative (1993-1996)
U.S. Representative (1991-1992)
State Representative (1975-1982)
Barbara-Rose Collins Black/African American Democrat Michigan
  • U.S. Representative (1973-1996)
Cardiss Collins Black/African American Democrat Illinois
  • U.S. Representative (2017-2022)
Val B. Demings Black/African American Democrat Florida
  • U.S. Representative (2008-2016)
Donna F. Edwards Black/African American Democrat Maryland
  • U.S. Representative (2008-2021)
Marcia L. Fudge Black/African American Democrat Ohio
U.S. Representative (1982-1984)
State Senator (1977-1982)
State Representative (1975-1976)
Katie Hall Black/African American Democrat Indiana
Vice President (2021-2025)
U.S. Senator (2017-2021)
Attorney General (2011-2016)
Kamala Harris Multiracial, Black/African American, Asian/Pacific Islander Democrat California
  • U.S. Representative (2019-2022)
Jahana Hayes Black/African American Democrat Connecticut
U.S. Representative (1993-2022)
State Senator (1987-1992)
State Representative (1973-1978)
Eddie Bernice Johnson Black/African American Democrat Texas
  • U.S. Representative (2018-2018)
Brenda Jones Black/African American Democrat Michigan
  • U.S. Representative (1999-2008)
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Black/African American Democrat Ohio
U.S. Representative (1973-1978)
State Senator (1967-1972)
Barbara C. Jordan Black/African American Democrat Texas
U.S. Representative (2013-2022)
State Representative (2003-2007)
Robin L. Kelly Black/African American Democrat Illinois
U.S. Representative (1997-2010)
State Representative (1979-1996)
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick Black/African American Democrat Michigan
  • U.S. Representative (2015-2022)
Brenda L. Lawrence Black/African American Democrat Michigan
U.S. Representative (1998-2022)
State Senator (1997-1998)
State Representative (1991-1996)
Barbara J. Lee Black/African American Democrat California
  • U.S. Representative (1995-2022)
Sheila Jackson Lee Black/African American Democrat Texas
  • U.S. Representative (2015-2018)
Mia B. Love Black/African American Republican Utah
  • U.S. Representative (2003-2004)
Denise Majette Black/African American Democrat Georgia
U.S. Representative (2021-2022)
State Representative (2011-2020)
Nicole Malliotakis Multiracial, White/Caucasian, Hispanic/Latina Republican New York
  • U.S. Representative (2019-2022)
Lucy McBath Black/African American Democrat Georgia
U.S. Representative (1993-2002)
State Representative (1989-1992)
Cynthia Ann McKinney Black/African American Democrat Georgia
U.S. Representative (1993-2002)
State Senator (1983-1992)
State Representative (1979-1982)
Carrie Meek Black/African American Democrat Florida
U.S. Representative (1996-2007)
State Representative (1993-1996)
Juanita Millender-McDonald Black/African American Democrat California
U.S. Representative (2005-2022)
State Senator (1993-2004)
State Representative (1989-1992)
Gwen S. Moore Black/African American Democrat Wisconsin
U.S. Senator (1993-1998)
State Representative (1979-1988)
Carol Moseley Braun Black/African American Democrat Illinois
  • U.S. Delegate (1991-2022)
Eleanor Holmes Norton Black/African American Democrat District of Columbia
U.S. Representative (2019-2022)
State Representative (2017-2018)
Ilhan Omar Black/African American Democrat, Democratic Farmer Labor Party Minnesota
  • U.S. Delegate (2015-2022)
Stacey E. Plaskett Black/African American Democrat Virgin Islands
  • U.S. Representative (2019-2022)
Ayanna Pressley Black/African American Democrat Massachusetts
U.S. Representative (2007-2012)
State Representative (2007-2007)
Laura Richardson Black/African American Democrat California
  • U.S. Representative (2011-2022)
Terri A. Sewell Black/African American Democrat Alabama
  • U.S. Representative (2021-2022)
Marilyn Strickland Multiracial, Black/African American, Asian/Pacific Islander Democrat Washington
  • U.S. Representative (2019-2022)
Lauren A. Underwood Black/African American Democrat Illinois
U.S. Representative (1991-2022)
State Representative (1977-1990)
Maxine Waters Black/African American Democrat California
U.S. Representative (2001-2010)
State Senator (1979-1998)
Diane E. Watson Black/African American Democrat California
U.S. Representative (2015-2022)
State Representative (1998-2014)
Bonnie Watson Coleman Black/African American Democrat New Jersey
U.S. Representative (2021-2022)
State Senator (2017-2020)
Nikema Williams Black/African American Democrat Georgia