[Women’s History Month\Claudette Colvin]
Claudette Colvin was one of four plaintiffs, namely Aurelia Browder, Susie McDonald and Mary Louise Smith, who filed a lawsuit against segregated bus seating…The case was successful, thus impacting public transportation throughout the country.
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Rosa Parks
BRONX LIVING LEGEND CLAUDETTE COLVIN GETS STREET NAMED IN HER HONOR
TEXAS CONGRESSMAN GREEN: IMPEACH TRUMP, LIKE PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON, FOR HIS INCENDIARY RACISM–AND FOR UKRAINE
[Congressional News\Impeachment]
Congressman Al Green: “If the congressional Republicans of 1868 impeached President Johnson for his abusive, incitive, racist comments causing harm, why can’t the Congress of 2019 impeach President Trump for his abusive, incitive, racist, anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, transphobic comments causing harm to society?”
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CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS CELEBRATES FORMER CONGRESSMAN JOHN CONYERS THE “CONSCIENCE OF THE CONGRESS”
[Congressional Black Caucus Commemorates John Conyers]
“Just four days after the assassination of Dr. King, Congressman Conyers introduced a bill to create a federal holiday in his honor and reintroduced the bill every year for 15 years until it was signed into law. Mr. Conyers continued his pursuit of voting rights in Congress as a lead co-sponsor of the Voting Rights Act of 1965… Mr. Conyers also championed the issue of reparations by introducing a bill to establish a commission to study the issue of slavery and race relations in America, which he fought for consideration every year.”
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SPEAKER PELOSI AND CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS COMMEMORATE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF FORCED ARRIVAL OF AFRICAN SLAVES
[400th Anniversary of African Slaves]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: “We thank the Congressional Black Caucus, the conscience of the Congress, for bringing together leaders of the Congress and the country for this solemn observance of 400 years since the first recorded arrival of enslaved Africans to America.”
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