Politics
Between MLK and Obama Comes Carol Moseley Braun
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She was elected to the U.S. Senate 16 years before Barack Obama, who credits her with showing him the way, writes Jeannie Morris in this excerpt from her new book, “Behind the Smile.”
Jeannie Morris
Jeannie Morris was a prominent Chicago journalist for more than three decades. Her bestselling book "Brian Piccolo: A Short Season" is best remembered for the 1971 film that followed, "Brian's Song." She earned 11 Emmys and numerous Illinois AP and UPI awards, as well as a National Black Journalists Award for her program "Air Jordan." In 2014, she became the first woman to receive the Ring Lardner Award.