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 ...

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

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

The decision means Florida's current congressional districts that give Republicans a 20-8 advantage over Democrats will ...

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

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

William "Bill" Lacy Clay Sr., a civil rights leader and Missouri's first African-American Congressman, has died at the age of ...

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