Hastings’ life played out largely in the public eye, spanning from his time fighting segregation as a lawyer, to his impeachment as a federal judge, to his rise as an anchor of the Democratic Party in South Florida.
Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., speaks during a House Rules Committee hearing on the impeachment of then-President Donald Trump in December 2019. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
(CN) Democratic Congressman Alcee Hastings, a civil rights activist who served as Florida’s first Black federal judge, has passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 84.
Elected in 1992, Hastings was Florida’s most senior member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He represented the state’s 20th Congressional District, which encompasses metropolitan areas in West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale as well as a large rural expanse of western Palm Beach County.
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