The Senate voted on legislation to bestow the award in 2021 ... West Midlands, England, in February 1945. Black women were virtually excluded from military service until the start of World War II, ...

The only Black, all-female unit serving in Europe during World War II received the Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday at the United States Capitol.

She is the first person to declare their candidacy. Her potential election is also historic, as two Black women–U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware and Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland ...

And like many Black units during World War II ... co-sponsored the medal legislation in the Senate. “When these women returned home, there was no parade to greet them. No one lined the streets ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Senate Majority Leader John Thune ... from African-American organizations to include Black women in what was called the Women’s Army Corps, and allow ...