Representative of Alabama's First Congressional District from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873 (42nd Congress) First black Member of Congress from Alabama
Rep. Benjamin S. Turner (R-AL)
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Origins of the Congressional Black Caucus
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
Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) Speaking at Podium
Rep. Julian C. Dixon (D-CA)
Representative of California's 32nd Congressional District from January 3, 1979 to December 8, 2000 (96th to 106th Congresses)
Rep. Charles C. Diggs Jr. (D-MI)
Representative of Michigan's 13th Congressional District from January 3, 1955 to June 3, 1980 (84th-96th Congresses)
Rep. George H. White (R-NC)
Representative from North Carolina's Second Congressional District from March 4, 1897 to March 3, 1901 (55th and 56th Congresses)
Rep. Thomas E. Miller (R-SC)
Representative of South Carolina's Seventh Congressional District from September 24, 1890 to March 3, 1891 (51st Congress)
Sen. Blanche K. Bruce (R-MS)
Mississippi Senator from March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1881 (44th-46th Congresses)