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date: 16 March 2025

Burke, Yvonne Brathwaite locked

1932–African American politician and lawyer, the first black woman from California to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Burke, Yvonne Brathwaite locked

1932–African American politician and lawyer, the first black woman from California to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.
  • Lisa Clayton Robinson

A version of this article originally appeared in Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience.

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