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Elijah Cummings Homegoing Begins Today

April Ryan
October 24, 2019

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Pallbearers walk with a casket carrying the body of U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings as it arrives at Morgan State University ahead of a public viewing, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

The Honorable Elijah Cummings will lie in state today in the rotunda of the Capitol Building.

Speakers at tomorrow’s funeral service include Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, Secretary Hillary Clinton, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Kweisi Mfume, and his widow, Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings.

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April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan