Former Rep. John Conyers Jr. first introduced the legislation in 1989, and it has been reintroduced in every Congress since. The Massachusetts lawmaker called Jackson Lee “a true giant in the ...

The late Reps. John Conyers Jr. and Sheila Jackson Lee sponsored prior versions of the bill, with efforts to pass this legislation dating back more than 30 years. Pressley said while the effort has ...

John Conyers Jr. (May 16, 1929-Oct. 27, 2019), the longest-serving Black lawmaker in congressional history and co-founder of the Congressional Black Caucus; Florence Ballard (June 30, 1943-Feb. 22 ...

John Conyers—the longest-serving African-American member of Congress in history—first introduced the “Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for the African-Americans Act,” or United ...

His eldest son, Jesse Jackson Jr., was elected to Congress in 1995, and his younger son, Jonathan Jackson, was elected to Congress in 2022. John Conyers Jr. Rep. John Conyers Jr., a Michigan ...

WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, March 12, 2025 /EINPresswire / -- Recent op-eds by the Robert Weiner Team include one today in the Chicago Tribune, P ...

Austin (May 6, 1913-April 20, 2001), Michigan’s longest-serving secretary of state, who also served the Detroit Memorial Park Association as an auditor, longtime board member and board chairman; John ...

Texas Tech football starts spring practice on Monday. Coach Joey McGuire shed some light Thursday on which Red Raiders are lining up where.

Spring practice for the Texas Tech football team starts Monday. The Red Raiders go three days a week, culminating with the annual spring game on April 19, pausing from March 15-23 for the ...

He joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, becoming a key lieutenant to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., often responding ... Belafonte dropped by, and John Conyers from Michigan, and ...