Emily Clyburn, civil rights activist and wife to House majority whip Rep. Jim Clyburn, dies at 80
Emily Clyburn, the longtime librarian, civil rights activist and wife to Rep. Jim Clyburn, the highest-ranking African American member of Congress, died Thursday morning at the age of 80, the congressman's office announced.
Emily and Jim, who is now the House majority whip, met in jail after they were arrested for participating in a civil rights demonstration as students at what was then South Carolina State College in 1960. The two got married a little more than a year later, and they were together for 58 years. Emily Clyburn was well known in South Carolina and was also passionate about her alma mater, helping to raise scholarship funds for students to attend college.
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