Dignitaries from across the country came to Detroit to pay their final respects to former Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick. Her funeral was held inside the sanctuary of Greater Emanuel.
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 ...
DETROIT — Former Detroit U.S. Rep. 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 ...
Former Michigan Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, who previously chaired the Congressional Black Caucus, has died at the age of 80. A political force in her native Detroit, Kilpatrick served in the ...