John Conyers Jr., Who Represented Michigan For 5 Decades, Dies at 90
Conyers, who represented his hometown Detroit, co-founded the Congressional Black Caucus and battled for reparations for African Americans. He resigned in 2017 amid allegations of sexual misconduct.
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John Conyers Jr., who represented Michigan in Congress for more than five decades, has died at the age of 90. His death was confirmed Sunday by the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office in Detroit.
Conyers was the longest-serving African American lawmaker in congressional history, a co-founder of the Congressional Black
