THERE IS ONLY THE SLIGHTEST undulation in the voice, a dry monotone like that of actor John Malkovich, expressive within a narrow bandwidth of sound. It is a curious voice for a member of Congress who specializes in raising issues of great emotion, an unreconstructed-and unapologetic-liberal first elected to Congress during the Democratic landslide of Lyndon Baines Johnson in 1964.
When John Conyers Jr. becomes chairman of the House Judiciary Committee this week-his first time ever-it will mark the beginning of his 43rd year on the panel, which he joined immediately after being elected, one of six African-Americans then serving in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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