Economist Lisa Cook Is The First Black Woman Named To The Federal Reserve Board Of Governors–Here’s Why That Means So Much

By Jasmine Browley ·Updated August 14, 2022

The Federal Reserve, or the Fed, is described as the most powerful economic institution in the country — perhaps the world. And it has largely been comprised of white men, until now.

History was made earlier this year when Lisa Cook was appointed to the Fed despite republican opposition. A professor at Michigan State, Bloomberg reported that she’d faced a united GOP

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