Elijah Cummings: “Juneteenth is generally celebrated on June 19, which is considered as the day of emancipation from slavery of…”

And I don't give a damn how you look at it; there are efforts to stop people from voting. That is not right. This is not Russia. This is the United States of America.

On my mother's dying bed, 92 years old, former sharecropper, her last words were, 'Do not let them take our votes away from us.' She had fought and seen people harmed, beaten, trying to vote. Talk about inalienable rights. Voting is…

That year, Bayou La Batre did elect its first Asian-American city council member.

The American people demanded that their representatives in Washington fight for them and for what affects their lives on a day-to-day basis.