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

The city of New Orleans, Dillard University and other agencies to give them a proper memorial service on Saturday.

Louisiana's Senate passed a new congressional map Tuesday that would keep the current design largely intact, rejecting an attempt to increase the number of majority-Black districts. If Senate Bill 5 ...

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

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

Following the war, Smalls continued to push the boundaries of freedom as a first-generation black politician, serving in the South Carolina state assembly and senate, and for five nonconsecutive terms ...

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

Former New York Democratic Congressmember Charles Rangel died on Monday. He was 94 years old. Rangel was a founding member of ...

Former U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel of New York, an outspoken, gravel-voiced Harlem Democrat who spent nearly five decades on ...

Charles Rangel, a founding member and pioneering leader of the US Congressional Black Caucus, died on Monday, the Caucus said ...

A founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, Rangel spent more than four decades in Congress building political power—while staying deeply rooted in the Harlem community that raised him.