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Trailblazing New York politician Charles Rangel dead at 94
Charles Rangel, 94, dean of New York’s Congressional delegation and the first African-American to chair the House Ways and ...
Charles B. Rangel, Powerful Harlem Congressman, Dies at 94
The first Black chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, he was a political force for decades, only to be tarnished by ...
Charles Rangel, Former New York Congressman, Dead at 94
New York congressman Charles Rangel, a Democrat and a Harlem native, represented his district in Manhattan for close to 50 ...
Charlie Rangel, Harlem's fixture in Congress for decades, dies at 94
New York's Charlie Rangel served in Congress for nearly five decades and was the first Black chair of the powerful House Ways ...
Former Rep. Charlie Rangel, trailblazing New York lawmaker, dies at 94
Charles B. Rangel, a civil rights activist, war hero and trailblazing New York congressman whose career saw the high school ...
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How Charlie Rangel Defied His Party to Save New York From the Reactionary Right
The late congressman’s upending of New York politics by choosing progressivism over partisanship offers a lesson for today.
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Remembering Charles Rangel, History-Making New York Congressman Who Died At 94
Everything to know about Charles Rangel’s life and career. According to The New York Times, Rangel was born and raised in ...
The Washington Post4d
Charles Rangel, powerful voice for Harlem in Congress, dies at 94
Charles B. Rangel, a gravelly voiced and exuberant congressman from the Harlem neighborhood of New York who became the first African American chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee but was ...
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Congressman and Korean War vet Charlie Rangel Dies On Memorial Day
In his 2006 autobiography, “And I Haven’t Had a Bad Day Since: From the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress,” Rangel ...
New York Magazine on MSN3d
Charlie Rangel Was a True Harlem Original
In 1950, as an Army private who’d dropped out of DeWitt Clinton High School, Rangel took to ordering people around, posturing ...
The Washington Post4d
Former US Rep. Charles Rangel, who spent nearly 50 years representing New York, has died
NEW YORK — Former U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel of New York, an outspoken, gravel-voiced Harlem Democrat who spent nearly five decades on Capitol Hill and was a founding member of the Congressional ...
Former Rep. Charles Rangel, who spent 4 decades in Congress, dies at 94
Former New York Rep. Charles Rangel, a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus who spent more than four decades in ...