Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/cori-bush/ Our Thing Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:20:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://remezcla.com/wp-content/themes/remezcla/assets/images/social/precomposed-144x144.png Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/cori-bush/ 144 144 Activist Cori Bush Breaks Ground as Missouri’s First-Ever Black Congresswoman https://remezcla.com/culture/activist-cori-bush-breaks-ground-missouris-first-ever-black-congresswoman/ Wed, 04 Nov 2020 16:43:15 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=293555 Activist Cori Bush broke ground in Missouri last night, becoming the state’s first-ever Black congresswoman. A nurse—another first for Missouri’s congress—and ordained pastor, Bush’s activism intensified following the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, six minutes from her own home. This was 2014, and the Black Lives Matter movement was a year underway. Public

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