Breaking news: Sheila Jackson Lee, a Texas Democrat who during three decades in the U.S. House of Representatives became one of the most prominent Black members of Congress and a ubiquitous champion of African American and women’s rights, died July 19 at a hospital in Houston. She was 74.

Sheila Jackson Lee, outspoken Texas congresswoman, dies at 74

The long-serving Democrat, a champion of African American and women’s rights, announced in June that she had pancreatic cancer.

How very sad.

Rest in peace.

Karma is broken. Too many people on the right side of history passing in the last week.

may she rest in peace

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We keep losing our heroes - fly high Sheila

Rest in Peace Say a little prayer for us

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