Congressman William Lacy Clay Sr., represented Missouri's 1st Congressional District from 1969 to 2001 (91st-106th Congresses). When elected, Clay...

Congressman William Lacy Clay Sr., represented Missouri's 1st Congressional District from 1969 to 2001 (91st-106th Congresses). When elected, Clay...
Congressman Walter Fauntroy was the first African American delegate from the District of Columbia to the U.S. House of Representatives and the first...
Congressman Ronald Dellums represented California's 8th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1971 to 1998 (92nd-105th...
Congressman Charles B. Rangel represented New York in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1971 to 2017 (92nd –114th Congresses). In Congress,...
Congresswoman Cardiss Collins was the representative of Illinois' 7th Congressional District from 1973 to 1997 (93rd-104th Congresses) after winning...
Congressman Harold Ford represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives for eleven terms, from 1975 to 1997 (94th-104th Congresses)....
Congressman Gus Hawkins was the first African American to represent California in Congress and the first Black representative from any western...
Congressman John Conyers Jr. represented Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965 to 2017 (89th-114th Congresses). Conyers served...
Congressman Louis Stokes was the first African American to represent Ohio in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving from 1969 to 1999...
Congressman Mervyn Dymally represented California's 31st District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 1993 (97th-102nd Congresses). A...
Congressman Charles Hayes represented Illinois's 1st Congressional District from 1983 to 1993 (98th-102nd Congresses). Hayes was the first trade...
Congressman Alan Wheat represented Missouri's 5th Congressional District from 1983 to 1995 (98th-103rd Congresses). Before Congress, Wheat worked as...
Congressman Major Owens represented congressional districts in New York from 1983 to 2007 (98th-110th Congresses). Trained as a librarian, Owens...
Congressman Edolphus Towns represented congressional districts in New York from 1983 to 2013 (98th-112th Congresses). Towns was an Army veteran...
Congressman John Lewis represented Georgia's 5th Congressional District from 1987 until his death on July 17, 2020 (100th-116th Congresses). Lewis...
Congressman Mickey Leland represented Texas 18th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1979 until his death on August 7,...
Congressman Mike Espy represented Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District from 1987 until his resignation to become Secretary of the U.S....
Congressman William Gray represented Pennsylvania's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1979 to 1991 (96th-102nd...
Congressman Kweisi Mfume has represented Maryland’s 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2020 (116th...
Congressman Julian Dixon represented California in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1979 until his death on December 8, 2000 (96th-106th...
Congressman Floyd Flake represented New York's 6th Congressional District from 1987 to 1997 (100th-105th Congresses). When elected, Flake was new to...