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CBC Meeting

Origins of the Congressional Black Caucus

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)

Origins of the Congressional Black Caucus

Representative of California's 29th Congressional District from January 3, 1963 to January 3, 1991 (88th-101th Congresses)

Founding Members of the CBC

Origins of the Congressional Black Caucus

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)

Origins of the Congressional Black Caucus

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)

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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

Origins of the Congressional Black Caucus

Left to Right: Percy Sutton, David Dinkins, Joyce Dinkins, Rep. Charles Rangel

Rep. Robert N.C. Nix Sr. (D-PA)

Origins of the Congressional Black Caucus

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

Origins of the Congressional Black Caucus

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...