Jim Clyburn tells Louisiana students learning to lose gracefully is a key to success
Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. – A top Democratic congressman is telling young people in Louisiana that they should pursue their dreams but also learn to lose gracefully if they want long-term success. U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina spoke Friday to about 200 students and parents at a Louisiana Leadership Institute Event in […]
Rep. James Clyburn Finds Good Company on the Vineyard
By: Alex Elvin A number of high-profile politicians converged on Oak Bluffs on Friday for a low-key but spirited book signing and talk by Cong. James Clyburn of South Carolina. It concluded a heavy week of book signings — by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Georgia Cong. John Lewis and others. At least 40 […]
Rep. James Clyburn: ‘The country has topped out to the right’
By Mary C. Curtis If anyone can take the long view of history, it’s U.S. Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.). The assistant minority leader of the House has lived it, from his childhood in segregated Sumter, S.C., through the civil rights movement that benefited him, sometimes in unexpected ways — he met wife-to-be Emily in […]
Clyburn reflects on clash with Bill Clinton
Rep. James Clyburn joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss his new memoir, “Blessed Experiences: Genuinely Southern, Proudly Black,” and his relationship with the Clintons.