Black Congress Members Meet with President Nixon

Date Created: 4/25/1971

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Location: Bettmann Archive (Corbis)

Access Conditions: Copyright [licensed material]

Exhibit: Origins of the Congressional Black Caucus

Tags: African Americans, Arthur Fletcher, Augustus Hawkins, Charles Diggs, Charles Rangel, Clark MacGregor, Donald Rumsfeld, George Romney, George Shultz, George W. Collins, John Conyers Jr., Louis Stokes, Parren Mitchell, Ralph Metcalfe, Richard M. Nixon, Robert Finch, Robert N.C. Nix, Ronald Dellums, Shirley Chisholm, Walter Fauntroy, Washington (D.C.), William Clay Sr.

In a long-delayed meeting at the White House, 12 black congressmen brought the problems facing 25 million black Americans directly to President Nixon. Clockwise around the table beginning with the President: Rep. Augustus Hawkins; Rep. William Clay; Rep. Ronald Dellums; Robert Finch; HUD Secretary George Romney; Del. Walter Fauntroy; Rep. Ralph Metcalfe; Rep. George W. Collins; Rep. Robert N.C. Nix; Clark MacGregor; Rep. John Coneyers (hidden); Rep. Louis Stokes (partially hidden); Rep. Charles B. Rangel; Donald Rumsfeld; Arthur Fletcher; George Shultz; Rep. Parren J. Mitchell; Rep. Shirley Chisholm; Rep. Charles C. Diggs.

Black Congress Members Meet with President Nixon

Origins of the Congressional Black Caucus Exhibit

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