jr., he ran for congress in 19 # 4 and won the detroit seat by a landsli landslide. civil rights movement pioneer rosa parks became the congressman s secretary. as a freshman, conyers introduced the original voting rights act of 1965 prohibiting racial discrimination in voting. president johnson signed it into law. conyers found himself at the center of the 12th street rye ya riot. the civil unrest that followed were immortalized by the film detroit. this is your home. reporter: by 1968, like millions of americans conyers mourned the death of his friend, martin luther king jr. four days later he introduced a bill to mark king s birthday as a national holiday. it took 15 years for it to get