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Dr. Julius Garvey and others spoke about the request for a posthumous presidential pardon filed by descendants of Marcus Garvey, who was convicted of mail fraud in 1923. Dr. Garvey is the so…

The Congressional Caucus on Black Men and Boys held its first hearing, titled “The Status of Black Males: Ensuring Our Boys Mature Into Strong Men.” Much of the hearing focused on the achiev…

The Democratic Platform Committee considered and adopted the platform for the Democratic Party Convention. Every four years, the Democratic National Convention adopts a new national platform…

Leonard Steinhorn, Sophia Nelson, and Kweisi Mfume talked about race relations and politics in the U.S. They responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. C-SPAN Radio’s Nancy …

Coverage of the Million Man March included open phones segments, live crowd shots, interviews with rally participants on the Mall, and speeches by African-American men from all walks of life…

The U.S. House of Representatives opened with one-minute speeches. The House members debated the Telecommunication Policy. They voted on agreeing to the Conference Report. They debated the r…

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives met to debate and vote on various bills.

Representative Donald Payne,, Republican from New Jersey, and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, moderated a panel discussion on campaign strategies for 1996. The focus was on the di…

In separate interviews from inside Statuary Hall of the United States Capitol, members of Congress reacted to President Bill Clinton’s State of the Union address.

President Clinton along with other participants gathered at the Ebenezer Baptist Church where Dr. King and his father preached to honor him on what would have been his 67th birthday.

After a brief recess, the House reconvened. The session started with a series of one minute speeches, when a member can speak on any subject for one minute. The House then took up considerat…

Representative Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) talked with reporters about his years in the House of Representatives. He left Congress the following February to become the new president and CEO of the N…

Participants briefed reporters on the NAACP Board of Directors' decision to name Kweisi Mfume as its new president. Rep. Mfume talked about his reasons for resigning from the House to assume…

The House approved an $82 billion spending bill for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development.

The House convened to debate H.R. 1868 and other legislative bills.

The House met to vote on HR 1170, a bill to change the process of challenging a law passed by state referendum. The bill would require a 3-judge panel to delay enforcement of a law, pending …

The House Banking Committee continued their investigative hearings looking into potential malfeasance of the business dealings of President Bill Clinton, First Lady Hillary Clinton and other…

The U.S. House of Representatives conducted it’s daily business include votes on Alaskan oil exports and Transportation appropriations.

Representatives Kweisi Mfume, D-MD; Maxine Waters, D-CA; Donald Payne, D-NJ; Melvin Watt, D-NC, and Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton of Washington, DC briefed reporters and answered questions…

Representative Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus and Hispanic Caucus talked to reporters about today’s Supreme Court ruling that made her Georgia district…