Parren J. Mitchell, a trailblazer in politics and civil rights, was the first African American elected to Congress from ...

His voice carried through the halls of Congress, but his heart never left home.” Lloyd Williams, President and CEO of the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel of New York, an outspoken, gravel-voiced Harlem Democrat who spent nearly ...

Charles B. Rangel, a decorated Korean War veteran and founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, died on Memorial Day ...

Over his eight-term congressional tenure, which concluded in 1987, Parren J. Mitchell earned a reputation as a champion of ...

Charlie Rangel, the long-term Congressman and a heavyweight in New York politics as a member of Harlem’s “Gang of Four”, has ...

The family of former Congressman Charles B. Rangel released the following statement. With deep sorrow and profound respect, ...