Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick was a member of Congress for 14 years, serving Michigan’s 13th Congressional District. Early in her career, she was selected to serve on the Defense Sub-Committee of Appropriations, and became the first African American to do so. This committee (on paper) has jurisdiction over the budget for the United States Department of Defense, it’s the largest appropriations bill in the United States Federal Government. She was […]