An Evening with Carol Moseley-Braun

Carol Moseley Braun made history by becoming the first female senator from Illinois, first female African-American senator, and first African-American Democratic senator. In the Senate she built an exemplary legislative record, serving on the Finance, Banking and Judiciary Committees. Ms. Moseley Braun spearheaded debate on repairing the nation's crumbling schools and was a consistent and strong voice for equal opportunity, the prevention of discrimination on the basis of race, gender or sexual orientation, reproductive freedom and social and economic justice.

In 1998 President Clinton appointed Ms. Moseley Braun as consultant to the Department of Education on school construction - one of her longtime special concerns. She was nominated to be the U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand and was confirmed by the full Senate with an astonishing 98-2 vote. When her ambassadorial assignment ended, Ms. Moseley Braun returned to the U.S. to start her own business consultancy and teach law and political science at Morris Brown College and DePaul University.

A courageous and historic run for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency in 2004 proved Carol Moseley Braun a passionate and dedicated public servant with a patriotic commitment to better American society.

Ms. Moseley Braun received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Illinois-Chicago and her law degree from the University of Chicago.