Retired U.S. Rep. Ernie Bernice Johnson, a towering Democrat from Dallas, died Sunday. Credit: Lexey Swall/GRAIN
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Former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, Black Democratic trailblazer, dies at 88
Johnson, the first Black woman elected to any seat in Dallas and the first Black Dallasite to serve in Congress, was a towering figure in Texas politics.
