Hey, it's NPR's book of the day. I'm Andrew Limbaugh. Ambassador Carol Mosley-Bron was the first

African-American woman elected to the Senate. This was in 1992, by the way, so not too long ago.

But anyway, she's got a new memoir out titled Trailblazer, Perseverance, and Life in Politics.

And in this interview with NPR's

and Michelle Martin, she does talk about all that she endured blazing that trail in the Senate.

But she also talks about her political origin story and how what got her fired up enough to

show up at a protest and eventually run for a state representative seat was actually birds.

That's coming up.

On NPR's Wildcard podcast, Jeff Hiller says fans of his character in somebody somewhere

have a slogan.

WWJD.

What would Joel do?

You know, in the 80s they had what would Jesus do?

You've been deified.

Oh no. This is what brought the Beatles down.

Watch or listen to that wildcard conversation on the NPR app, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.

If Carol Mosley-Bron's name comes up, the other word that has to come up is first.

She was the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate. She was also the first female senator from Illinois and the first

black Democrat elected to the Senate. And while all those titles assured her place in the history

books, they didn't assure an easy time in the job. And they certainly don't tell the story of the

highs and the high

cost of being the first. So Carol Mosley-Bron is doing that herself in her new memoir titled Trailblazer, Perseverance in Life and Politics. And she's with us now to tell us more about a good morning. Ambassador, thank you so much for joining us. Well, I'm so delighted to be with you. Good to talk with you, Kim.

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