It marked the culmination of a 15-year congressional battle to establish it after Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., had initially proposed MLK Day in a bill four days after King's assassination on April ...

Just four days after King’s assassination in 1968, US Rep. John Conyers of Michigan introduced legislation for a federal holiday to honor the civil rights leader.

On April 4, 1968, King was assassinated on the balcony of a motel in Memphis, Tenn. Just four days after King's death, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mi., introduced legislation to make Martin Luther King ...

On April 4, 1968, King was assassinated on the balcony of a motel in Memphis, Tenn. Just four days after King's death, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mi., introduced legislation to make Martin Luther King ...

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Conyers' father, the late Rep. John Conyers Jr., served for nearly 53 years in the U.S. House before resigning in 2017 amid sexual harassment allegations and endorsing his eldest son.

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The longest-serving Black member of Congress in U.S. history, died October 27th at age 90. John James Conyers Jr. was a member of the Democratic party and served for 53 years from 1965 to 2017 in ...

Rep. John Conyers came to Congress at a time when few in the chamber looked like him. There was no Black Caucus when Detroit voters first sent Conyers to the House in 1965. He had to help form one.

Former U.S. Rep. John Conyers, one of the longest-serving members of Congress whose resolutely liberal stance on civil rights made him a political institution in Washington and back home in ...

Former US Rep. John Conyers, one of the longest-serving members of Congress, has died at age 90. The death appeared to be from natural causes, according to Detroit police.

Conyers arrived as a congressman in 1965, at the time one of only six black House member and while Lyndon Johnson was still president. He was a cosponsor of Voting Rights Act of 1965, according to ...