Representative of Ohio's 21st Congressional District from January 3, 1969 to January 3, 1999 (91st-105th Congresses)
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Representative of Ohio's 21st Congressional District from January 3, 1969 to January 3, 1999 (91st-105th Congresses)
Eight African Americans serving in Congress said that Judge Clement F. Haynsworth's record on civil rights demonstrated his "infidelity to the principles of racial equality which are contained in the Constitution." Rep. John Conyers Jr., Democrat - Michigan (L) and...
(L-R): Rep. Ron Dellums, Rep. John Conyers Jr. and Sen. Ted Kennedy
(L-R): Rep. John Conyers Jr. and Harold Bennett, National Coordinator of the National Citizens Committee for Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday, review millions of supportive petitions receieved from the public before presenting them to the US Congress.
Rep. Conyers and Coretta Scott King join forces to advocate for the passage of the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Bill
(L-R): House Majority Leader Rep. Jim Wright (D-TX), Coretta Scott King, Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-MI)
Left to Right: Unidentified, Nelson Mandela, Rep. Ronald V. Dellums, Rep. John Conyers Jr.
Left to Right: Rep. Augustus Hawkins, Unidentified, Nelson Mandela, Rep. John Conyers Jr., Rep. Louis Stokes
L to R: Rep. John Conyers Jr. and Rep. George W. Crockett Jr. at free South Africa protest in Detroit.