Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei rārangi - Ko John James Conyers Jr., i kōwhiria tuatahi ki te Kaunihera i 1964, i whānau ki Detroit, Michigan, i te tau 1929. I muri i tana mahi i te Pakanga o Korea
, i haere ia ki te Whare Wananga o Wayne State, i whiwhi i te tohu paetahi me te tohu ture. I mahi ia mō te toru tau ki te māngai John Dingell hei kaiawhina.