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John Conyers, Jet Magazine Cover

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Date

1964-11-19

Publisher

Johnson Publishing Company

Dimensions

5 3/4 x 4 1/8 in. (14.6 x 10.5 cm)

Accession Number

2007.274.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

Jet magazine cheered the 1964 election of John Conyers, whose campaign slogan was “Jobs, Justice, and Peace.” The headline read that the energetic Conyers was the nation’s “sixth Negro congressman.” He would also go on to be the longest serving African-American congressman in history.

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