| LC control no. | n 85376924 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Conyers, John, Jr., 1929-2019 |
| Variant(s) | Conyers, John, 1929- |
| See also | Founded corporate body of person: Congressional Black Caucus |
| Other standard no. | 0000000025669916 72856161 Q1370968 |
| Associated place | Detroit (Mich.) Washington (D.C.) |
| Birth date | 1929-05-16 |
| Death date | 2019-10-27 |
| Place of birth | Highland Park (Mich.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators--United States |
| Found in | CBS News special report. Issue of busing [MP] 1972: participants (John Conyers, Congressman) WW in Am., 1980-81 (Conyers, John, Jr.; b. 1929; Congressman) Wikipedia, 8 December 2017 (John James Conyers Jr. (born May 16, 1929) is an American Democratic Party politician, who served as the U.S. Representative from 1965 to 2017. The districts he represented always included part of western Detroit, and during his final term included many of Detroit's western suburbs, as well as a large portion of the Downriver area.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Conyers> New York times online, 7 December 2017 (John Conyers to Leave Congress Amid Harassment Claims; Representative John Conyers Jr., under intense pressure to resign amid multiplying allegations that he sexually harassed former employees, announced Tuesday that he would leave Congress immediately, and he endorsed his son John Conyers III to succeed him. Conyers was a founding member and dean of the Congressional Black Caucus.) <https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/05/us/politics/john-conyers-election.html> Legacy.com website, viewed May 22, 2020 Obituary (John Conyers, the longest-serving African American member of Congress in U.S. history, died Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019, in Detroit. He was 90) <https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/john-conyers-1929-2019-longest-serving-african-american-member-of-congress-in-u-s-history/> |
| Associated language | eng |
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