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On The Record #109 Congresswomen Alma Adams talks about the future act

April Ryan
December 30, 2019

U.S. Rep. Alma Adams, D-N.C. is seen during a voting rally for democratic candidate Kathy Manning at Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C., Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

April Ryan speaks with Congresswoman Alma Adams (D-NC) about the passing of her signature legislation Fostering Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking Resources for Education (FUTURE) Act and the benefits to HBCUs, Black students, and the Black middle class.

Signed, sealed, delivered!

My bill, the #FUTUREAct, was signed into law, permanently providing $255 million in critical funding to America’s #MSIs, #HBCUs and the students they serve!
— Alma S. Adams (@RepAdams) December 19, 2019

Civil right leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., center, and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus gather to condemn the slayings of police officers in Dallas last night, and to denounce the fatal police shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota earlier in the week, during a news conference, Friday, July 8, 2016, on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are: Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Ill., Rep. Marcia L. Fudge, D-Ohio, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., Rep. Alma Adams, D-N.C., Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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