Former Detroit Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, who served from 1997 until the political woes of her son and former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick effectively ended her career in 2011, was an ...

(blackamericaweb.com) -Detroit’s mayor has a deadline for moving out of the city’s official mayoral residence now that he has pleaded guilty and is resigning. Officials say Kwame Kilpatrick, his wife ...

Seven-term Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-Mich.), mother of disgraced former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, was defeated in that state’s Democratic primary on August 3. State Sen. Hansen Clarke ...

Former U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, a Detroit Democrat who, over seven terms, rose to become chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and served on the powerful Appropriations Committee, has ...

Those gathered to honor the life and legacy of former U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick remembered the Detroit Democrat as a trailblazer and the strong leader of her family during a service ...

After months of scandal surrounding her son, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, six-term Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick faces the fight of her life to keep her job representing Michigan's largest city, ...

Over seven terms, she garnered millions in funds in helping to revitalize the city. But the political scandals of her son, an ex-mayor, came to shadow her career. By Adam Nossiter Steve Bannon, ...