Yvonne Brathwaite Burke

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Person.png Yvonne Brathwaite Burke  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician)
Yvonne burke.jpg
Born5 October 1932
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
NationalityUS
Alma materUniversity of California (Berkeley), University of California (Los Angeles), University of Southern California
Member ofHSCA
PartyDemocratic Party
California politician and lawyer who sat on the House Select Committee on Assassinations.

Employment.png Member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

In office
December 8, 1992 - December 1, 2008

Yvonne Pearl Burke (née Watson, later Brathwaite) was an American politician and lawyer from California.[1][2]

She was the first African-American woman to represent the West Coast in Congress. She was a member of the U.S. Congress from 1973-1979. She represented the 2nd District on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1992–2008.[3] She was Chair of Los Angeles County four times (1993–94, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2007-08) and sat as chair pro tem three times (1996–97, 2001–02, 2006–07).

Her husband is William Burke, a prominent philanthropist and creator of the Los Angeles Marathon.[4]

She sat on the Board of Directors of Amtrak, having been appointed to the position by President Barack Obama in 2012.


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