Tag: Congress

Democrats in the House of Representatives, one of the two branches of the United States Congress, have selected New York’s Hakeem Jeffries to lead their caucus. His historic appointment, follows an unanimous vote on Wednesday. Never before has a Black man been named a party leader in the US Congress. ...

Black leaders blame the crowded congressional election for Detroit’s recent lack of a Black U.S. House Representative.

The congressman died on Thursday at age 68, but his legacy of democracy and advocacy lives on.