Emily Clyburn — known as 'Dr. Em' to many — was an esteemed librarian and political activist who played a key role in her husband House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn's political career
Dr. Emily England Clyburn, wife of House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, passed away on Thursday. She was 80 years old.
“We had been in jail all night, and they hadn’t fed us all day. I was standing there and I said to nobody in particular, 'Boy, am I hungry,'" Clyburn recalled during a 2014 MSNBC interview. "There was this little 95-pound person standing nearby. Next thing, she is back with a hamburger. She offered it to me, then pulled it back. She tore it in half, gave me one half, and kept the other half for herself.
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