John Conyers Jr., the longest serving African-American member of Congress in U.S. history, has died, a spokeswoman has confirmed. He was 90.
The younger Conyers heeded the advice, but jazz remained, he said, one of his"great pleasures." He sponsored legislation to forgive the $1.6 million tax debt of band leader Woody Herman's estate and once kept a standup bass in his Washington office.
Soon after being elected to Congress, Conyers' leadership at home — in the segregated streets of Detroit — would be tested. Parts of the city were burned during riots in July 1967 that were sparked by hostilities between black residents and Detroit's mostly white police force, and by the cramped living conditions in black neighborhoods.
He was fiercely opposed to Detroit's finances being taken over by a state-appointed emergency manager as the city declared bankruptcy in 2013. Conyers, whose district included much of Detroit, sought a federal investigation and congressional hearings, arguing it was"difficult to identify a single instance" where such an arrangement, where local officials are stripped of most of their power, succeeds.
But he couldn't survive the last scandal. An ethics committee launched a review after a former longtime staffer said Conyers' office paid her more than $27,000 under a confidentiality agreement to settle a complaint in 2015. She alleged she was fired because she rejected his sexual advances, and other said they'd witnesses inappropriate behavior.
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