In U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn’s Washington, D.C., office hangs a series of eight portraits. Over the years, visitors failed to recognize the faces, so they would ask him, “Who are these people?” He would ...

Since coming into office the Trump administration has been waging war on DEI, calling into question the hard work of many who reformed the American system — like the pioneering Black politicians of ...

Congressman James Clyburn has spent more than three decades in Congress. In his new book, he turns his attention to the trailblazing Black men who were the first to walk those halls. Geoff Bennett sat ...

US Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-SC, (right) discusses his new book, “The First Eight,” with University of South Carolina civil rights professor Bobby Donaldson at the USC School of Law. John Monk ...