Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-Mich., speaks at a White House youth leadership and mentoring event at Wayne State ...

Carolyn Jean Cheeks Kilpatrick, an assertive advocate for Detroit and Black-owned businesses, died on Oct. 7 in Atlanta. She was 80. BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Carolyn Jean Cheeks Kilpatrick, an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, a Detroit Democrat who, over seven terms, rose to become chair of the Congressional ...

Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, the former U.S. Representative for Michigan’s 13th Congressional District and the matriarch of a major Michigan political dynasty, has died. She was 80. Cheeks Kikpatrick ...

DETROIT — Former Detroit Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick has died at age 80, according to her family. The family announced Cheeks Kilpatrick's death Wednesday in a statement, calling her a ...

The congresswoman served in the U.S. House from 1997 until 2011. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick’s family announced her death in a statement obtained by the Associated Press, where they praised her for her ...