The first black woman elected to the US Senate, Carol Moseley Braun, will release a memoir next year
NEW YORK — The first black woman elected to the US Senate, Carol Moseley Braun, will release a memoir next year.
Hanover Square Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Thursday that Moseley Braun’s “Trailblazer: Perseverance in Life and Politics” is scheduled for January 21. According to the publisher, Moseley Braun will look back at her career in public service, from her rise in Illinois politics, to her years in the Senate in the 1990s, to being the first black woman appointed US ambassador to New Zealand, position he held from 1999 to 2001.
Moseley Braun will also touch on her friendships with everyone from Gloria Steinem and Maya Angelou to Hillary Clinton and President Joe Biden, who in 2023 nominated her to chair the board of directors of the United States African Development Foundation, a role she formally began in this year. spring.
“My life has been filled with serendipity, adventure and adversity,” Moseley Braun, 76, said in a statement. “Each experience was anchored by my strong faith in God.”
