and is now on her way to representing the Land of 10,000 Lakes in the Miss Black USA 2008 Scholarship Pageant. “I think it’s probably one of the biggest things I’ve ever attempted to do,” Kolbow said.

The first African Americans to appear in the Miss America Pageant came onstage as 'slaves' for a musical number in 1923. It was not until 1970 that a black ... at the Chicago Democratic National ...