Nikema Williams tweeted the following:
"On this day in 1956, my Auntie Autherine Lucy broke down barriers by becoming the first Black student at the University of Alabama. My Auntie passed away last year, but she remains a trailblazer for generations of Black scholars"Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Nikema Williams:
"We just added 517,000 jobs in January and the unemployment rate is the lowest it's been in 54 years! Since I got to Congress, I've made it a priority to bring jobs back to folks in the #FightingFifth, and I'm so happy it's paying off."Read on Twitter
"Grocery stores are not warzones. Schools are not warzones. Holiday celebrates are not warzones. But and time again, we've seen weapons of war used to take innocent lives and commit heinous acts of violence.This week, we re-introduced the Assault Weapons Ban. Enough is enough."Read on Twitter
"Along with leading Congress to enshrine historic West Hunter Street Baptist Church as a national historic site, I'm bringing home $4 million to restore the church and honor its history! #BlackHistoryMonth" on Feb. 2Read on Twitter
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