Origins of the Congressional Black Caucus
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)
CBC Members in Lusaka with Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia
Left to Right: Rep. Louis Stokes, Rep. Charles Diggs Jr., President Kenneth Kaunda, Rep. John Conyers Jr., Rep. Charles Rangel
Rep. Parren J. Mitchell (D-MD)
Representative of Maryland's 7th Congressional District from January 3, 1971 to January 3, 1987 (92nd-99th Congresses)
Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-MI) and Rep. Louis Stokes (D-OH) Speaking with Rep. Ray Madden (D-IN)
Rep. Louis Stokes (D-OH) and Unidentified Man
Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-MI) at a United Auto Workers Luncheon
Rep. Ronald V. Dellums (D-CA)
Representative of California's Eighth Congressional District from January 3, 1971 to February 6, 1998 (92nd-105th Congresses)