By J.J. McQueen Special to the AFRO #AFRONewsAtNoon In honor of the work of transcendent leaders, Johns Hopkins University has selected a portrait of the late Congressman Elijah Cummings as the first alongside Edith Windsor, another civil rights icon, to be installed at the university’s Milton S. Eisenhower Library in April. The unveiling was held […]
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Elijah Eugene Cummings (born January 18, 1951) is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 7th district of the State of Maryland since 1996.
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Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Endorses Kweisi Mfume In Maryland’s 7th Congressional District Race!
County Executive joins long list of Baltimore County leaders Baltimore County Executive Johnny A. Olszewski Jr. endorses Kweisi Mfume for Maryland’s 7th Congressional District. County Executive Olszewski’s support is added to a long list of existing endorsers from Baltimore County, including Baltimore County Councilmen Julian Jones, Izzy Patoka and Tom Quirk, State Senators Delores Kelley […]
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Gibson: `I Know What the Hell Happened’
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Less than 24 hours after Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings announced her intention to seek the 7th District Congressional seat of her late husband Rep. Elijah Cummings, accusations of lying are swirling around her candidacy. During a phone interview with the AFRO, Rockeymoore Cummings said she stands by her statement in […]
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Baltimore Says Goodbye to Its Greatest Champion
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Thousands made the pilgrimage to New Psalmist Baptist Church in Northwest Baltimore to bid farewell to the man President Barack Obama described as, “the very honorable Elijah E. Cummings.” It was President Obama, beloved by so many in the community Cummings served that was the final speaker during his funeral, […]
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THE HONORABLE ELIJAH CUMMINGS WILL BE MISSED – THE RUN DOWN
By AFRO.COM / BE INSPIRED GLOBAL Micha Green talks The Honorable Elijah Cummings, and gives THE RUN DOWN on trending topics in the AFRO AMERICAN NEWSPAPER.
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‘It Is Well With My Soul’
Morgan State University Chairman Kwiesi Mfume speaks during funeral services for Rep. Elijah Cummings, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, in Baltimore. (Chip Somodevilla/Poo via AP) ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** Maya Rockeymoore Cummings gestures while entering the sanctuary during funeral services for her husband, the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, in Baltimore. […]
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‘Our Elijah’
A flag lies on the casket of Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., during his funeral service at the New Psalmist Baptist Church in Baltimore, Md., on Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. (Lloyd Fox/The Baltimore Sun via AP, Pool) ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during funeral services for Rep. Elijah Cummings, […]
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The Nation Says ‘Farewell’
Mourners line up for a public viewing before the funeral service of U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings at New Psalmist Baptist Church, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark) ***** ***** ***** Pallbearers lift the casket of Maryland Congressman and Civil Rights Campion Elijah Cummings before his funeral service at New Psalmist Baptist Church, […]
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Congress Pays Tribute to Elijah Cummings at U.S. Capitol
By HORUS ALAS, NORA ECKERT, SAMANTHA HAWKINS, GABRIELLE WANNEH and DAN NOVAK Capital News Service WASHINGTON – Carried by Armed Forces body bearers, the late Rep. Elijah Cummings’s flag-draped casket ascended the steps of the United States Capitol Thursday morning and was placed on a catafalque in National Statuary Hall, where he became the first […]
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Mourners Pay Tribute To Rep. Cummings
By Regina Garcia Cano and Julio Cortez, The Associated Press The final farewells to the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings began in Baltimore, where constituents, family members, elected officials and others remembered the Maryland congressman for working tirelessly and fearlessly for social justice from childhood until his death. Hundreds of mourners paid respects to Cummings during […]
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Baltimore’s ‘Goodbye’ to a Beloved Leader
By Samantha Hawkins, Capital News Service Marking the passing of Rep. Elijah Cummings last week, community leaders, elected officials and friends gathered together on the evening of Oct. 23 to honor the former congressman at Morgan State University, where Cummings served as a member of the Board of Regents for 19 years. “I have lost a […]
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Cummings Was Charged With Greatness And He Came Through
By Sean Yoes, AFRO Baltimore Editor, syoes@afro.com Elijah Eugene Cummings entered the Maryland House of Delegates in January 1983, the year I graduated from Walbrook High School in West Baltimore. He had been a public servant for me, my family, my friends and neighbors my entire adult life until he transitioned last Thursday, Oct. 17. It’s still […]