The U.S. began observing Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday as a national holiday 40 years ago. Here & Now ‘s Indira ...

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Rep. John Conyers Jr., an advocate of liberal causes for five decades and the longest-serving African American in the history of Congress, has died. He was 90. John Conyers Jr., Longest-Serving ...

Book explores the life and legacy of John Conyers Jr., Michigan’s longest-serving Black Congressman. John Conyers III is honoring his late father, John Conyers Jr., with a new book that provides both ...

Facing a rising chorus of voices demanding he step down because of sexual harassment claims, U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Detroit, on Tuesday retired from the seat he has held for more than five ...

DETROIT — Former U.S. Rep. John Conyers, one of the longest-serving members of Congress whose resolutely liberal stance on civil rights made him a political institution in Washington and back home in ...

Rep. John Conyers Jr., an advocate of liberal causes for five decades and the longest-serving African American in the history of Congress, has died. He was 90. Conyers, a Democrat, resigned in 2017 ...