Origins of the Congressional Black Caucus
Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-MI) and Parents
Rep. Conyers with his parents on his first day as a member of Congress in 1965.
Rep. Jefferson F. Long (R-GA)
Representative of Georgia's Fourth Congressional District from January 16, 1871 to March 3, 1871 (41st Congress) First black Member of Congress from Georgia
Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) Speaking in Support of Nancy Pelosi’s Bid to become Speaker of the House
Rep. John R. Lynch (R-MS)
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
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,...