Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all.
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Charles Rangel
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About Charles Rangel
Charles Bernard Rangel was an American politician who served as U.S. representative for districts in New York City for 46 years. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the second-longest serving incumbent member of the House of Representatives at the time of his retirement in 2017, having served continuously since 1971, and the ninth-longest serving in history. As its most senior member, he was also the dean of New York's congressional delegation. Rangel was the first African American chair o…
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Charles RangelI, for one, would think both about how far we have come as a country and how much further we need to go to erase racism and discrimination from our society.
For a member to say, 'I'm a lame duck' violates political science 101.
If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it.
Now is the time for the U.S. and the nations of Western Europe who engaged in the slave trade throughout this hemisphere to come forward in a positive way to assist in undoing the harm that was cause…
The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to the young workers of the civil rights movement i…
I'm just glad that my community has faith and confidence in me.
The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to the young workers of the civil rights movement i…
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