Origins of the Congressional Black Caucus
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)
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...
Rep. Robert B. Elliott (R-SC)
Representative of South Carolina's Third Congressional District from March 4, 1871 to November 1, 1874