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Yvonne B. Burke, Democratic congresswoman from California |
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California - Yvonne Brathwaite Burke became the first Black women to represent the state of California in the U.S. Congress.
Georgia - Andrew Young became the first Black person to represent Georgia in the U.S. Congress in over one hundred years.
Texas - Barbara Jordan became the first Black woman representative in the U.S. Congress to be elected from the South.