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Her most famous hymn, "If My Jesus Wills," is the likely source from which folk singer Pete Seeger derived the civil rights anthem "We Shall Overcome" when he first heard it sung by striking ...
After the reprimand was formally adopted, Green and other Democrats gathered on the House floor to sing “We Shall Overcome,” prompting Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to call for a recess. Those singers ...
Meanwhile, 10 Democrats joined Republicans to censure Al Green in a 224-198 vote. While Speaker Mike Johnson was reading the censure resolution, several lawmakers protested by singing 'We Shall ...
Al Green for heckling President Donald Trump during the joint address to Congress this week. After the vote, a group of members gathered around the Texas Democrat on the House floor and sang “We Shall ...
Democrats gathered around Green on the House Floor — seemingly in protest — to sing "We Shall Overcome," a song known as the "anthem" of the '50s and '60s Civil Rights Movement. A crowded U.S ...
Rep. Al Green Thursday was censured by the House of Representatives for heckling President Trump during his speech to a joint session of Congress. The firebrand Houston lawmaker’s colleagues ...
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Al Green for heckling President Donald Trump ... gathered around the Texas Democrat on the House floor and sang “We Shall Overcome,” a song long associated with civil rights protests.
In Green’s case, Democrats such as Tlaib, Rep. Ayanna S. Pressley, D-Mass., and others joined him in singing “We Shall Overcome,” while Johnson banged the gavel and asked for order.