For the first time in more than a decade, Detroit will have an African American mayor, as Mayor Mike Duggan steps down to run ...

Cheeks Kilpatrick was the second Black woman from Michigan to serve in the U.S. House and became a leading member of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, a tireless advocate for Detroit, dies at age 80 - Former Detroit Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick has died at age 80 ...

Detroit — Family and colleagues on Wednesday remembered former U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick as fiercely devoted to her ...

Over seven terms, she garnered millions in funds in helping to revitalize the city. But the political scandals of her son, an ex-mayor, came to shadow her career.