Champion of Civil Rights: Congressman John Conyers, Jr. Homegoing

Nzinga LeJeune
Nov 4 · 2 min read
Public Viewing November 2nd-3rd 2019 at The Charles H. Wright Museum in Detroit

The longest serving African American Congressman, fighter for reparations, and co-founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus died October 27th, 2019 at the age of 90 years old. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1964 and served Detroit until he was forced to resign December 5th, 2017. He introduced a bill to establish Martin Luther King, Jr.’s…

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