May 18, 2013

Sewell’s Election a Payoff for Black Women’s Political Progress, Struggle

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*Terri Sewell stood out last month among the newly elected congressional lawmakers waiting to be sworn in inside the House chamber. Almost everyone in the crowd was white and male. Not Sewell, who made history that day as the first black woman from Alabama to take the congressional oath of office. Fifteen black women are [...]