30th Annual W.E.B. DuBois Address
Rep. BYRON RUSHING
"My Life and Debt in the Massachusetts State House"
The earliest African American elected public officials in the United States were from districts in New England. Byron Rushing will reflect on his political career in the context of the definitions of race and slavery and inclusion from the "beginnings" until the current realities electoral representative democratic politics.
Byron Rushing, a Massachusetts state legislator since 1983, has been the chief sponsor of the law to end discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in public schools, and an original sponsor of the gay rights bill in Massachusetts. He also lead the Massachusetts state pension fund to launch community development investment of poor communities of Massachusetts.
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