Remembering a Congressman and His Efforts to Help Africa
08 March 2012
Representative Donald Payne in New Jersey in 2009
JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English.
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I’m June Simms. On the program today, new music from “the Boss,” Bruce Springsteen…
And we go to Texas for a major livestock show and rodeo …
But first, we remember longtime New Jersey Congressman Donald Payne, who died this week from cancer.
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Donald Payne
JUNE SIMMS: United States Congressman Donald Payne died of cancer this week at the age of seventy-seven. He is well known for his social and political activism, especially concerning Africa.
Donald Payne was the first African-American congressman to represent the state of New Jersey, and a former leader of the Congressional Black Caucus. In addition, he was the first African-American president of the Young Men’s Christian Association, the Y.M.C.A.
Before becoming involved in politics, Mr. Payne served as a public school teacher in New Jersey. He later used his position on the House of Representatives Education and the Workforce Committee to increase financing for education and healthcare.
He was a top member and former chairman of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights. In that group, he urged to improve human rights in Africa and increase humanitarian assistance to the continent. He visited several African nations often, including Sudan.
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