By Mark Hedin California Black Media Since Yvonne Braithwaite Burke became the first Black woman elected to serve in the California State Assembly in 1966, 20...
By Nat Bates (Former Richmond City Councilmember Nat Bates, who at age 91 was the nation’s oldest elected official, penned this farewell speech for his final...
By Ken Epstein | Post News Group Buried in a draft plan for future housing in Oakland, submitted to City Council by Mayor Libby Schaaf’s Administration,...
PRECINCT REPORTER GROUP — Doris Topsy-Elvord's son Stephen Topsy said his mom’s legacy was greater in so many ways than the titles she earned at the...
THE WESTSIDE GAZETTE — The Broward County Commission unanimously voted for Commissioner Dale V.C. Holness (District 9) to serve as Vice Mayor
