Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun, also sometimes Moseley-Braun[1] (born August 16, 1947), is an American diplomat, politician, and lawyer who represented Illinois in the United States Senate from …

Carol Moseley Braun (born August 16, 1947, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) was a Democratic senator from Illinois (1993–99), who in 1992 became the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Senate.

Carol Moseley Braun served in the United States Senate from 1993 to 1999 as a Democrat from Illinois. Born in Chicago in 1947, Moseley Braun came of age in the midst of the civil rights movement and …

Mar 19, 2002 · As the late Mayor Harold Washington's legislative floor leader, Carol Moseley-Braun was the chief sponsor of bills to reform education and to ban discrimination in housing and private clubs.

Jun 24, 2025 · Carol Moseley Braun is a woman of many firsts. After serving as an Illinois state representative from 1978 to 1988, Moseley Braun became the recorder of deeds for Cook County, …

Jul 23, 2025 · Carol Moseley Braun is making waves in the push for more diverse leaders in politics. In 1993, she became the country’s first Black woman senator — shuttling her into the national and …

“Nor would I want to, because my presence in and of itself will change the U.S. Senate.” During her single term on Capitol Hill, Senator Moseley Braun worked to improve civil rights in America and …

Born with a drive inherited from a legacy of service, fueled with a passion to make a difference in the lives of those around her, rising to the ministerial rank of Ambassador, Carol Moseley Braun is the …

Elected in 1992, Carol Moseley Braun was the first African-American woman Senator, and only the second Black Senator since Reconstruction. “I cannot escape the fact that I come to the Senate as a …

Jul 17, 2025 · Carol Moseley Braun is a woman of many firsts. She was both the first Black woman and Black Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate, and the first female senator from Illinois. In her new …