Rep. Rush Joins Congressional Delegation to Ghana to Observe 400th Anniversary of First Enslaved Africans Landing in America
August 02, 2019
August 02, 2019
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Illinois, issued the following news release:
Last week, U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.), Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and several members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) together traveled to Ghana to observe the 400th Anniversary of the First Enslaved Africans Landing in America.
"400 years ago, African slaves were packed like sardines -- head to foot, foot to head -- into the bottoms of s . . .
Last week, U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.), Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and several members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) together traveled to Ghana to observe the 400th Anniversary of the First Enslaved Africans Landing in America.
"400 years ago, African slaves were packed like sardines -- head to foot, foot to head -- into the bottoms of s . . .