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October 5, 1932 – Yvonne Brathwaite Burke was the first Black Congresswoman from California. (Photo Courtesy: National Archives and Records Administration)
October 5: Yvonne Brathwaite Burke was the first Black Congresswoman from California. Born in Los Angeles. in 1966, she became the first African American woman elected to the California assembly.
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