John Conyers, longest serving black congressman, dies at 90


The former U.S. representative's reliably liberal stance on civil rights made him a political institution in DC and back home in Detroit, despite scandals.

DETROIT — Former U.S. Rep. John Conyers, one เว็บพนันบอล ถูกกฎหมาย of the longest-serving members of Congress whose resolutely liberal stance on civil rights made him a political institution in Washington and back home in Detroit despite several scandals, has died. He was 90.

Conyers, among the high-profile เว็บพนันบอล ต่างประเทศ politicians toppled by sex harassment allegations in 2017, died at his home on Sunday, said Detroit police spokesman Cpl. Dan Donakowski. The death "looks like natural causes," Donakowski added.

Known as the dean of the Congressional Black Caucus, which he helped found, Conyers became one of only six black House members when he was won his first election by just 108 votes in 1964. The race was the beginning of more than 50 years of election dominance: Conyers regularly won elections with more than 80 percent of the vote, even after his wife went to prison for taking a bribe.

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