L-R: Rep. William Clay Sr. (D-MO); Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY); Rep. Charles Diggs (D-MI); and Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-NY)
Press Conference Following Meeting with President Richard Nixon
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Charles Diggs
Founding Members of the Congressional Black Caucus
Left to Right: (front row) Rep. Robert Nix Sr., Rep. Charles Diggs Jr., Rep. Shirley Chisholm, Rep. Augustus Hawkins (second row) Rep. Parren Mitchell, Rep. Charles Rangel, Rep. William Clay Sr., Rep. Ronald Dellums, Rep. George Collins, Rep. Louis Stokes, Rep. Ralph...
CBC Members During the 94th-95th Congress
Left to Right: (front row) Rep. Cardiss Collins, Rep. Yvonne Burke, Rep. Shirley Chisholm (back row) Rep. Louis Stokes, Rep. Parren Mitchell, Rep. Charles Rangel, Rep. Andrew Young, Rep. Charles Diggs Jr., Rep. Ralph Metcalfe, Rep. Robert Nix, Del. Walter Fauntroy,...
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. Charles C. Diggs Jr. (D-MI)
Representative of Michigan's 13th Congressional District from January 3, 1955 to June 3, 1980 (84th-96th Congresses)
The Congressional Black Caucus During the 93rd Congress
This photo was taken following a meeting with President Gerald Ford at the White House. Left to Right: (front row) Rep. Augustus Hawkins, Rep. Cardiss Collins, Rep. Charles Rangel, Rep. Yvonne Braithwaite Burke, Rep. William Clay Sr., Rep. Parren Mitchell (back row)...
CBC Members at a Hearing on Fair Employment
Rep. John Conyers Jr. testifying at hearing. Left to Right: Rep. John Conyers Jr., Rep. Charles Diggs Jr., Rep. Shirley Chisholm, Del. Walter Fauntroy
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
CBC Members at a Hearing on Fair Employment
Rep. John Conyers Jr. testifying at hearing. Left to Right: Rep. John Conyers Jr., Rep. Charles Diggs Jr., Rep. Shirley Chisholm, Del. Walter Fauntroy, and Rep. Louis Stokes
CBC Members at a Hearing on Full Employment
Left to Right: Rep. George Collins, Rep. Walter Fauntroy, Rep. Ralph Metcalfe, Rep. Louis Stokes, Rep. Charles Diggs (at podium), Rep. Ronald Dellums, Rep. Shirley Chisholm, Rep. John Conyers Jr., Rep. Augustus Hawkins, Rep. William Clay Sr.
African American House Members in Meeting
African American House members told President Nixon that minority groups have suffered "irreparable harm" under his Administration. The 12 African American House Representatives, plus a newly elected African American nonvoting House delegate from the District of...