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Sen. Tim Scott now longest-serving African American senator at start of 119th Congress
Republican U.S. Sen. Tim Scott made history on Friday as the longest-serving African American senator in the 235-year history ...
The Changing Face of the 119th Congress
The 119th Congress will be the first one in recent years to buck the general trend of more racial, gender, age and ethnic ...
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Aicha Davis
As current member of the Texas State Board of Education, I led the passage of African American Studies as a statewide course. I worked with Senator West to create a paid internship for ...
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US mid-terms: How closely does Congress reflect the US population?
The largest minority ethnic groups - Hispanic, Asian and African Americans ... least 14 people of Native American descent have served in Congress, including two current House representatives ...
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In Memoriam: Louis Stokes, 1925-2015
Louis Stokes, Ohio’s first African-American congressman and an alumnus and faculty member of Case Western Reserve, died Tuesday with his wife, Jay, by his side. He was 90, and had been diagnosed with ...
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Slavery reparations hearing ignites fiery debate in Congress
Republican witness Coleman Hughes, an African-American ... Congressman Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, was booed as he spoke against "the injustice of monetary reparations from current ...
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In Memoriam: Louis Stokes, 1925-2015
Louis Stokes, Ohio’s first African-American congressman and an alumnus and faculty member of Case Western Reserve, died Tuesday with his wife, Jay, by his side. He was 90, and had been diagnosed with ...