And, at the same time, we also know that black representatives, particularly in the House, face a unique set of constraints, because the Republicans basically run the House.
Dressed in black and her hair loose around her face, the actress shared the stories of women she met in Kosovo and the Democratic Republic of Congo, who escaped the brutality of un-checked rape and abuse only to go on to roles as activists for the safety of other women in their communities.
It's a sketch in charcoal, the simplified contours of a face, a silhouette in black and white, a textbook description of a personality.
In a traditional symbol of the Commons' independence from the monarch, Black Rod is hindered by having the door to the Commons unceremoniously slammed in his face - and then opened again almost immediately to allow him in after all.
First, it enables survival in the face of a negative black swan.
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Cecil has indicated he would love to see the two best horses in the world face each other, although Black Caviar's trainer, Peter Moody, remains cautious about exposing his mare over Frankel's preferred distance of a mile on the undulating Goodwood track.
Today she wore no makeup except black eyeliner, and her face was prettier, more harmonious in the subdued light.
It got of a lot of - there was a lot of, I think, discomfort in the kind of film-going community around the black-face piece, but what about the people who actually get to vote?
This is a double loser: a black eye for the brand, and a difficult argument to make in court with a straight face (although such arguments often come across as surprisingly reasonable when they are made in the right legal context).
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At the United Nations Global Youth Leadership Summit, which took place in New York in October of last year, Da Gama invited black celebrities to come to Africa to be the face of malaria.
Costumed for most of the play in widow's black, her body taut, almost wired, hands stretched, her face blanched with sorrow, she lives every moment of this tragedy with an intensity rarely encountered in the theatre.
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When Jet magazine and the Chicago Defender newspaper published his battered face on their covers, it sent shock waves throughout America, and especially in the black community.
If you were in the club, it definitely had to be the one with a rubber wristband and a shiny, black face.
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