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HAPPENING NOW: Watch Congresswoman Robin Kelly testify at House Ways and Means Committee hearing on "Overcoming Racial Disparities and Social Determinants in the Maternal Mortality Crisis.”

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"I was only told when I started off that if I registered to vote that I would have food to eat and a better house to stay in, ’cause the one I was staying in was so raggedy you could see anywhere and look outdoors. That I would have, my child would have, a better education."

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Blackwell worked to register black voters in the 1960s as a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and later became mayor Mayersville, Miss., serving for more than 20 years.
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Overcoming Racial Disparities and Social Determinants in the Maternal Mortality Crisis
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HAPPENING NOW: The Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Caucus, led by co-chairs Representatives Frederica Wilson, Hakeem Jeffries, Lucy McBath, and Cedric Richmond, publicly introduce legislation to address the societal forces that disproportionately disadvantage black males.
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Happening Now: The Congressional Black Caucus is in Alabama holding a field hearing on efforts to protect and expand voting rights in America. Our members are traveling the country gathering evidence of voter suppression as we craft legislation to ensure equal access to the ballot box.
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