Representative of Mississippi's Seventh Congressional District from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1877 and from April 29, 1882 to March 3, 1883 (43rd-44th and 47th Congresses) First black Member of the House of Representatives from Mississippi
Origins of the Congressional Black Caucus
Rep. Ralph H. Metcalfe (D-IL)
Representative of the First Congressional District of Illinois from January 3, 1971 to October 10, 1978 (92nd-95th Congresses)
Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-MI) with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Rep. Robert C. DeLarge (R-SC)
Representative of South Carolina's Second Congressional District from March 4, 1871 to January 24, 1873 (42nd Congress)
Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) after being Sworn in as Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee
CBC Meeting
Left to Right: Rep. Harold Ford Sr. (D-TN); Del. Walter Fauntroy (D-DC); Rep. Ronald Dellums (D-CA); Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY); Rep. William H. Gray, III (D-PA)
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)