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...think Senator Hatch crossed a line in his questioning. But I am not a black woman." -- JOSEPH BIDEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, COMMENTING ON AN EXCHANGE BETWEEN SENATORS CAROL MOSELEY-BRAUN AND ORRIN HATCH DURING THE GINSBURG HEARINGS
...first black woman to sit in the Senate, Carol Moseley-Braun of Illinois, had amassed a spotty record in her first seven months. But she took command of the Senate floor last week as she demanded that the legislators reconsider their approval of the patent. "This vote is about race. It is about racial symbols, the racial past, and the single most painful episode in American history." Her voice shaking, she declared, "It is absolutely unacceptable to me and to millions of Americans, black or white, that we would put the imprimatur of the United States Senate on a symbol...
...Carol Moseley-Braun foils one bit of Southern nostalgia...
...Carol Moseley Braun is the Democrats' new wild card. It may be that wild-card is not the word to describe her, since the Senator from Illinois does not seek to deceive anyone about her almost fanatically progressive and refreshingly liberal views...
More than 1,000 women have been appointed fellows during the 32-year history of the program, including novelist Alice Walker and psychologist Carol Gilligan. The Bunting program offers fellowships in subjects from vocal performance to geology to astrophysics...