Emanuel Cleaver

Emanuel Cleaver II is a United Methodist pastor, American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives. Cleaver currently represents Missouris 5th congressional district, where hes served since 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and in January 2010, Cleaver became chair of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Cleaver was born in Waxahachie, Texas, the son of Marie and Lucky G. Cleaver. He grew up in public housing in Wichita Falls, Texas. He graduated from Prairie View AampM University where he became a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Cleaver then moved to Kansas City, Missouri where he founded a branch of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and received a Master of Divinity degree from St. Paul School of Theology.

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