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

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

She has earned her place in the annals of history and among public servants who made the collective advancement of Detroit a ...

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.

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

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

The former congresswoman will lie in Detroit on Monday (Oct.20) in the rotunda of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African ...

America's largest cities are symbols of dysfunction, plagued by crime, failing schools, homelessness, and crumbling ...