The career of Rep. John Conyers Jr.

The son of a Detroit labor leader, John Conyers Jr. served in the Korean War as an officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. After getting a law degree, in 1964 he ran for the U.S House of Representatives in what was then Michigan's 1st District, winning the seat with 84 percent of the vote.

Conyers carries a picket sign during a strike at a Hughes-Hatcher-Suffrin clothing store in 1965.

Rep. John Conyers addresses a crowd with a megaphone at 12th and Clairmount during the 1967 Detroit riots. His pleas for peaceful protests went largely unheeded, but it cemented his reputation as a leader in the civil rights movement.

In 1969, Conyers became one of the 13 founding members and dean of the Congressional Black Caucus, formed to strengthen African-American lawmakers' ability to address the legislative concerns of black and minority citizens.

John Conyers campaigns with the Democratic nominee for president, George McGovern, in 1972.

Conyers, right, and Rep. Ronald Dellums, D-Calif., flank antiwar activist Jane Fonda as she answers questions about her Vietnam protest on Capitol Hill on Jan. 28, 1974.

Rep. John Conyers, M-Mich. talks to reporters during a press conference in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 6, 1977. Conyers called the briefing to announce a national day of protest on the Alan Bakke case. The case, formally Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, ruling in which, on June 28, 1978, the U.S. Supreme Court declared affirmative action constitutional but invalidated the use of racial quotas.

John Conyers ran for Mayor of Detroit in 1989 and lost to incumbent Coleman Young. He ran again in 1993 and lost to Dennis Archer.

Conyers and Coretta Scott King chat during a 1978 United Auto Workers conference.

John Conyers visits a factory during a tour of Escanaba and Marquette in the Upper Peninsula in 1980.

John Conyers (left) talks with Detroit Mayor Coleman Young during a march in Detroit in May of 1980.

Seen in his Capitol Hill office in Washington on Oct. 9, 1990, Conyers says he has no regrets about losing the previous year's race for Detroit mayor. After years as a rebellious outsider, Conyers was becoming an establishment player as chairman of the House Government Operations Committee.

Conyers holds his son, John Conyers III, during his campaign primary victory party in 1994 in Detroit.

In 2002, Conyers, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, talks about his visit with Muslim cleric Rabih Haddad, outside the Chicago jail where Haddad was being held. After visiting the co-founder of an Islamic charity closed down as part of the terrorism investigation, Conyers said, "There does not on the surface seem to be any reason why he should not be released on his own recognizance."

Conyers voices his concern about President George W. Bush's posture toward Iraq, as he speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill, Dec. 9, 2002. He is joined by Rep. Lynn C. Woolsey, D-Calif., left, and Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich, D-Ohio, at right. Seven Democrats expressed worries that the Bush administration was intent on going to war without giving the inspections a chance to work.

Detroit City Council President Monica Conyers looks at her husband during his introduction at a 2009 rally at Triumph Church in Detroit to oppose the Cobo expansion plan.

From right, Conyers, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar applaud as President Barack Obama speaks before signing the landmark health care act in Alexandria, Virginia, March 30, 2010.

Conyers listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in 2011 to discuss efforts to thwart the harm done to the economy by online vendors dealing in counterfeit goods or copyright infringement.

Conyers addresses attendees at a gala and fundraiser in his honor at Greater Grace Temple Church in Detroit, with sons John III and Carl Edward and wife, Monica, on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013. Political colleagues, civil rights leaders and hundreds of constituents gathered to pay tribute to the then-second-longest-serving member of Congress.

Monica Conyers cozies up to her husband while The Legendary Four Tops sing "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I Got)" during his tribute at Greater Grace Temple Church in Detroit in 2013.

Conyers addresses attendees of his 2013 tribute at Greater Grace Temple Church about taking the message of his legacy — jobs, justice and peace — further. By this time, after the 2012 redistricting, Conyers was representing Michigan's 13th District, comprised of parts of Detroit and its suburbs.

Donnell White, executive director of NAACP Detroit, unveils a poster of Conyers, naming him the honoree for the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 60th Annual Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner at Cobo Center in 2015.

A framed photo of Conyers with one of his heroes, civil rights icon Rosa Parks, is displayed in Conyer's offices in the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Detroit in June 2017.

Conyers is interviewed in his Detroit offices in June 2017 about the 1967 Detroit unrest. "Collectively, a fuse was blown," he said. "People just lost it ... and the police overreacted."

In November 2017, two former staffers go public and accuse the 88-year-old lawmaker of making unwanted sexual advances, prompting an investigation by the House Ethics Committee. Conyers denies the accusations.

On Nov. 29, 2017, Conyers leaves his home while his lawyer Arnold Reed talks to the media in front of the house, saying Conyers has no immediate plans to resign. Later that day, Conyers was hospitalized after symptoms of dizziness and shortness of breath.