Former Detroit Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick has died at age 80. Her family announced her death Wednesday in a ...

Family, colleagues and friends remembered Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick as a "beautiful" and "powerful" advocate for the city of ...

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

In 1978, mentored and encouraged by iconic Detroit Mayor Coleman A. Young, Kilpatrick was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives. In 1996, she became the second Black woman from Michigan ...

Former U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, the Detroit Democrat who died Oct. 7, was celebrated as a champion for her city ...

Former Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick has died at the age of 80 on Tuesday. Kilpatrick represented Michigan's 13th and 15th districts from 1997 to 2011. She is the mother of former Detroit ...

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered flags at the capitol lowered to honor a former congresswoman who died recently.

On a crisp Monday in Detroit, a steady stream of residents filed into the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American ...

Friends, family members, and political leaders gathered on a rainy day to celebrate the life and legacy of former U.S.

Is there hope for the American electorate? According to one news report, Michigan Rep. John Conyers – you know, the congressman who doesn’t read the bills he votes on – may not get re-elected in 2010.

DETROIT(AP) — Former Detroit Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick has died at age 80, according to her family. The family announced Cheeks Kilpatrick's death Wednesday in a statement, calling her a ...