Left to Right: Unidentified Man, Rep. John Conyers Jr., Rep. Parren Mitchell, Rep. George Crockett Jr.
Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-MI), Rep. Parren J. Mitchell (D-MD), and Rep. George W. Crockett Jr. (D-MI)
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Origins of the Congressional Black Caucus
Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1977
CBC for the People Volume 1, Number 1
Evolution of a People, 22nd Annual Legislative Weekend Program
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation 22nd Annual Legislative Weekend ProgramSeptember 1992
CBC Members
Rep. Augustus F. Hawkins (D-CA)
Representative of California's 29th Congressional District from January 3, 1963 to January 3, 1991 (88th-101th Congresses)
Founding Members of the CBC
Left to Right: (first row) Rep. Parren Mitchell, Rep. John Conyers Jr., Del. Walter Fauntroy, Rep. Shirley Chisholm (second row) Rep. Louis Stokes, Rep. Charles Diggs Jr., Rep. William Clay Sr. (third row) Rep. Robert Nix, Rep. Charles Rangel, Rep. Ralph Metcalfe,...
Rep. Benjamin S. Turner (R-AL)
Representative of Alabama's First Congressional District from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873 (42nd Congress) First black Member of Congress from Alabama
Del. Walter E. Fauntroy (D-DC)
Delegate of the District of Columbia from April 19, 1971 to January 3, 1991 (92nd-101 Congresses)
Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) Supporting New York Mayoral Candidate David Dinkins
Left to Right: Percy Sutton, David Dinkins, Joyce Dinkins, Rep. Charles Rangel
Rep. Robert N.C. Nix Sr. (D-PA)
Representative of Pennsylvania's Second Congressional District from June 4, 1958 to January 3, 1979 (86th-95th Congresses)
Black Congress Members Meet with President Nixon
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...