John Conyers, one of the longest-serving lawmakers in the House of Representatives, was praised for his legacy of work with the civil rights movement.
. In a statement, Conyers’ family said: “Congressman Conyers was a devoted father and husband and his world revolved around securing justice against racial and economic discrimination...His legacy and advocacy for human rights will live on forever.”
He died in Detroit, a city in which he grew up and which he represented parts of during his 53-year tenure in Congress. Tributes to the congressman remembered him as a “champion of civil rights” recalled his efforts to introduce the Martin Luther King national holiday, and his key role in establishing the Congressional Black Caucus.A veteran of the Korean War, Conyers later trained as a lawyer and entered the House in 1965. Almost immediately after Luther King’s death in 1968, Conyers introduced a bill calling for the MLK day national holiday. He doggedly pursued the bill until it was made law in 1983.
His 53-year career ended in December 2017 after a number of women who used to work for the Congressman claimed they had been sexually assaulted by him. He resigned following calls from senior Democrats, including House speaker Nancy Pelosi and was the first sitting politician to do so amid sweeping revelations and allegations of sexual misconduct in the nation’s corridors of power, Hollywood and beyond. Conyers denied any wrongdoing.
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