In this video, I discuss the forgotten legacy of John Willis Menard, the first Black man elected to U.S. Congress who was ...

A co-founder of the Congressional Black Caucus, he represented St. Louis in the House as an uncompromising liberal Democrat ...

The legislation marks the annual Black Women’s Equal Pay Day and comes amid mass federal layoffs and growing uncertainty ...

William Lacy Clay Sr.'s career in political office started when he was 28 years old. The civil rights advocate was a strong ...

ST. LOUIS — William "Bill" Clay Sr., Missouri's first Black congressman and a St. Louis civil rights leader, died Thursday ...

As he workshops his economic vision in South Carolina, which became the Democratic Party’s crucial first presidential primary ...

Florida's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the state's current congressional redistricting map, rejecting a challenge over ...

The Congressional Black Caucus marked the 5th anniversary of Rep. John Lewis' death by vowing to continue to fight for voting rights and civil rights ...

William L. Clay Sr., a longtime advocate for civil rights and workers’ rights and Missouri’s first Black congressman, died ...

An unrepentant liberal, Clay served more than three decades in Congress, the first African American from Missouri. His son, ...