News Camera Over Washington
Date: 24 November 1946
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Bobby Lee Rush (born November 23, 1946) is an American politician, activist, and pastor who served as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 1st congressional district for three decades, ending in 2023. A civil rights activist during the 1960s, Rush co-founded the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party.
Rush was first elected to Congress in 1992. He won consecutive reelections until his retirement. His district was originally principally on the South Side of Chicago, with a population from 2003 to early 2013 that was 65% African-American, a higher proportion than any other congressional district. In 2011 the Illinois General Assembly redistricted this area after the 2010 census. Although still minority-majority, since early 2013 it is 51.3% African American, 36.1% White, 9.8% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. A member of the Democratic Party, Rush is the only politician to have defeated Barack Obama in an election, which he did in the 2000 Democratic primary for Illinois's 1st congressional district.
On January 3, 2022, Rush announced that he was retiring from Congress.
Read more...The November 23, 1946 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♐. It was the 326 day of the year. President of the United States was Harry S. Truman.
If you were born on this day, you are 78 years old. Your last birthday was on the Saturday, November 23, 2024, 298 days ago. Your next birthday is on Sunday, November 23, 2025, in 66 days. You have lived for 28,788 days, or about 690,919 hours, or about 41,455,181 minutes, or about 2,487,310,860 seconds.
Date: 24 November 1946
illus of 4 selections from contest exhibition
Date: 23 November 1946
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
RC Congregation of Holy Office warns Rome satiric wkly Don Basilio staff of ex-communication for anti-clerical articles and cartoons; bans reading; wkly reptd financed by Socialists
Date: 24 November 1946
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Lord Pres of Council Morrison, in commenting on Select Com rept on speed-up of Parliamentary procedure, asserts press can be more effective spur to better govt than investigations conducted by Select Coms
Date: 24 November 1946
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Camden Courier distribution resumed as CIO union and city officials agree on cut police detail
Date: 24 November 1946
Ed on Ger efforts at democratization in light of his article on free press
Date: 24 November 1946
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
2 former eds of Je Suis Partout sentenced to death; C Jeantet gets prison term
Date: 24 November 1946
By IRVING SPIEGEL
Irving SPIEGEL
Min Manuilsky asks action on G Stadnik shooting in lr; text
Date: 23 November 1946
to inspect border area
Date: 23 November 1946
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Acting Gov rejects plea for State troops to quell newspaper strike disorders