“I represent a district that is 80 percent African-American. And we have to be just as sensitive to their needs as we are to the needs of the 20 percent.”

— John Conyers

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About John Conyers

Politician • American

John Conyers Jr. was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative for Michigan for more than 50 years, from 1965 until his resignation in 2017. As a member of the Democratic Party, he became the...

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