John Conyers, U.S. Representative for Michigan's 14th congressional district. Four days after his assassination, U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Detroit, introduced a bill in the Congress to recognize ...

Detroit City Councilman Fred Durhal launched his campaign for mayor on Wednesday at the Boys & Girls Club of Southeastern ...

The only way to eliminate the threat of nuclear-armed missiles is to negotiate their elimination—not pretend some magic ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is just as much a Detroit holiday as it is a federal one. Created after overwhelming approval in Congress and being signed into a law by President Ronald Reagan in ...

John Conyers of Michigan introduced legislation for a federal holiday to honor the civil rights leader. However, the holiday wasn't signed into law until 1983, and the first national celebration ...

Just four days after King’s assassination in 1968, US Rep. John Conyers of Michigan introduced legislation for a federal holiday to honor the civil rights leader. However, the holiday wasn’t signed ...