US Rep Bobby Rush

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...and Bobby Rush was the Minister of Defense. He was Huey P. Newton's Deputy, which was the top man in the, in the state of Illinois at that time.
1966 While stationed in Chicago in 1966, he joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which had helped obtain national civil rights legislation passed in 1964 and 1965.
1968 After co-founding the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party in 1968, he (Rush) served as its defense minister.
1968 In 1968, he went AWOL from the Army and co-founded the Illinois chapter of the Black Panthers.
1969 After Hampton's death, Rush became acting chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party.
2020 H.R. 6666: COVID-19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act
2020 Heavy - TRACE Act: Democratic Rep. Bobby Rush's COVID-19 Bill, HR 6666, Sparks Backlash
In 1963, Rush dropped out of high school before graduating, he joined the U.S. Army.