Publications

• In 1960- Otis M. Smith elected auditor general of Michigan and became the first Black chosen in a statewide election since the Reconstruction period
• In 2016- Ilhan Omar becomes the first Somali-American to be elected to serve as State Representative for House District 60B in Minneapolis, MN
• In 2016- Ilhan Omar becomes the first Somali-American Muslim to hold legislative office

Nikki Giovanni