Congresswoman Maxine Waters is the U.S. Representative for California’s 35th congressional district. Waters was first elected in a 1990 election, with 79% of the popular vote and has been re-elected every year since then. Alumni of California State University, Waters previously worked as an assistant teacher with Head Start in Watts, California. Throughout her time in office she has been known as one of the most out-spoken congressional members to ever serve. She remained very vocal during the Los Angeles riots of 1992, noting the injustices that caused the riot. Waters has always opposed...

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38 year old Rep. Cedric Richmond is amongst the youngest African American members serving I'm the 112th Congress. A native of New Orleans, Louisiana Rep. Richmond currently represents the states 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives. Richmond is a graduate of Morehouse College and the Tulane University School of Law. He began his political career serving in the Louisiana State Legislature 1999 at age 26 becoming the youngest legislators in thw states history, he serves in this capacity until 2007. He then went on to win the US House of Representaives seat in 2010. Rep. Richmond...

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Chaka Fattah was born November 21, 1956 and he serves as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania’s 2nd congressional district. Born, Arthur Davenport, he was raised in a family of community advocates. He graduated from University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of Government. Fattah has served in several elected positions such as Pennsylvania Senate and Pennsylvania House of Representatives. While in Congress, he has served on the subcommittee on Energy and Water Development as well as the subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies. He has remained a public supporter...

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Congresswoman Barbara Lee is a six term member of Congress, representing California's 9th District. She was elected to Congress in 1998 and became the first woman to hold the 9th District Seat. She began her political career as an intern in the office of her predecessor Congressman Ron Dellums, where she worked her way up to becoming his Chief of Staff. Rep. Lee had a seemingly untraditional route to Capitol Hill, first being a single mother of two while attending college she went on to receive a Masters degree in Social Work (M.S.W.) from the University of California Berkely and worked as a social...

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As a means to celebrate Black History Month, we will be profiling a different notable African-American congressional member every week, throughout February. Enjoy! Rep. Charles B. Rangel represents New York’s 15th congressional district. Representative Rangel is a senior member and has been serving since 1971. Rangel is a veteran of the Korean War and a Purple Heart recipient. He attended New York University for undergrad and St. Johns University for law school. He is popularly known for his association with Harlem’s “Gang of Four”, an African-American coalition from Harlem. The “Gang...

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