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U.S. Representative was Shirley Chisholm, Congresswoman from New York, 1969–1983. Carol Mosely Braun became the first black woman Senator serving from 1992–1998 for the state of Illinois U.S. Secretary of State: Gen. Colin Powell, 2001–2004. The first black female Secretary of State was Condoleezza Rice, 2005–. U.S. Supreme Court Justice: Thurgood Marshall, 1967–1991. Clarence Thomas became the second African American to serve on the Court in 1991. Edward Brooke became the first African-American Senator since Reconstruction. W.E.B. DuBois author and civil rights leader.

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