John Conyers Jr., the longest-serving African-American in Congress for over five decades, has died at 90.
First elected in 1965, Conyers was a Democrat representing parts of Detroit, and one of the most liberal members of Congress in 1971. He helped co-found the Congressional Black Caucus, and also introduced the bill establishing Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday as a national holiday. In 1965, he alsoConyers was also the first African-American
, and was a member of the House Judiciary Committee during President Richard Nixon’s Watergate investigation. Furthermore, he was the only House Judiciary Committee to participate in impeachment inquiries against both Nixon and President Bill Clinton.of multiple reports of sexual harassment. Conyers denied the claims, but an investigation from Paul Ryan and Nancy Pelosi at the time found the complaints credible, and he was eventually asked to step down.
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