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Biden ally Clyburn brings civil rights legacy to DNC

by AP Congressional Correspondent
| August 18, 2020 12:06 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — In October 1960, a young James Clyburn gathered with other students and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as frustrations mounted over civil rights protests in what was becoming a tumultuous, dangerous year.

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