Jan. 6 committee’s Bennie Thompson, a historic Black lawmaker, sees echoes of America’s ‘dark history’

Written by on July 12, 2022

Rep. Bennie Thompson knows all too well the dangers of a democracy denied.

The longest serving African-American elected official in Mississippi, Thompson started his political career just four years after the Civil Rights Act of 1965 granted him access to his local government. Now 74, Thompson heads the House's Jan. 6 committee investigating the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.

After a year-long inquiry, the committee has been holding a series of . . .



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