COLUMBIA, S.C. As they witnessed President Joe Biden take the oath of office on Wednesday, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn said former Republican President George W. Bush lauded him as a “saviour” for helping get Biden elected. The South Carolina Democrat is largely credited with giving Biden the endorsement he needed to shoot to […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. - As they witnessed President Joe Biden take the oath of office on Wednesday, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn said former Republican Presiden
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House Majority Whip James Clyburn of walks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Among other speakers: Stacey Abrams, whose voter registration and education efforts helped flip Georgia blue for Biden; Representative Cedric Richmond; Congressional Black Caucus Chair Representative Joyce Beatty; Senator Cory Booker; and the incoming senator from Georgia, Reverend Raphael Warnock. The event will pay homage to the legacy of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities, as well as Black sororities and fraternities. Harris is the first HBCU graduate and Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority member to be vice president. The sorority’s international president and CEO, Dr Glenda Glover, and Howard University President Dr Wayne Frederick will deliver remarks.
The resilience, culture and heroism of Black Americans and the African diaspora will be the central theme of a virtual event on the eve of US President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.
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