Representative of South Carolina's First Congressional District from December 12, 1870 to March 3, 1879 (41st-45th Congresses) First black Member of the House of Representatives and first black Member of Congress from South Carolina
Rep. Conyers with his parents on his first day as a member of Congress in 1965.
Representative of Georgia's Fourth Congressional District from January 16, 1871 to March 3, 1871 (41st Congress) First black Member of Congress from Georgia
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
Representative of the First Congressional District of Illinois from January 3, 1971 to October 10, 1978 (92nd-95th Congresses)
Representative of South Carolina's Second Congressional District from March 4, 1871 to January 24, 1873 (42nd Congress)
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)
Representative of California's 29th Congressional District from January 3, 1963 to January 3, 1991 (88th-101th Congresses)