By Rayna Reid ·Updated January 25, 2022
The nation was stunned when 75-year-old Illinois Democrat Rep. Bobby Rush announced his plans to retire from Congress at the beginning of the year, after 15 terms. The ordained minister served Chicago’s South Side residents of the 1st district for 30 years and was also “a co-founder of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party.”
Academic, pastor, and progressive activist Rev. Dr. Stephany Rose Spaulding
