Cory Booker Instagram – 🤎 ‘BLACK STORIES We Should All Know’
US SENATE SERIES PART ✌🏿of 🖐🏿
🗣️There have only been 12 BLACK SENATORS out of 2000 senators
❓ What does a senator do🤷🏿♀️
👉🏿 CONGRESS = House of Representatives SENATE
👉🏿The Senate GIVES ADVICE to The President and they are the court for impeachment
‼️ The House The Senate INTRODUCE LEGISLATION and PASS LAWS
4️⃣ CAROL MOSELEY BRAUN was the FIRST BLACK WOMAN SENATOR in the United States – she was also the FIRST WOMAN to become senator in Cook County Illinois
5️⃣ BARACK OBAMA was only the 3rd Black senator to be elected by POPULAR VOTE (the citizens decided they wanted him as senator) since the end of reconstruction –
🗣️🗣️🗣️This was well over ONE HUNDRED YEARS
6️⃣ ROLAND BURRIS took over Barack Obama’s seat after he became PRESIDENT Obama
7️⃣ WILLIAM ‘Mo’ COWAN (appointed in 2013) this was the first time TWO BLACK SENATORS served at the same time
8️⃣ TIM SCOTT has been the only member of Congress to serve in BOTH CHAMBERS (House & the Senate)
#BlackStories #BlackHistory #Congress #USSenators #CarolMoseleyBraun #BarackObama #RolandBurris #WilliamCowan #TimScott | Posted on 12/Feb/2024 18:04:55
