William Harvey Carney, born in slavery, was the hero of the Battle of Battery Wagner, fought in South Carolina in 1863.

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Bill Clay Sr., Missouri's first Black congressman and co-founder of the Congressional Black Caucus, dies at 94.

William Lacy Clay Sr., a civil rights leader and founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, dies at 94.