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Today, February 28th 2024, we are highlighting the founding of the Congressional Black Caucus and its work and honoring its founding and current members.
There are already great written accounts about the founding and work of the Congressional Black Caucus. Therefore, I am curating all of those wonderful accounts together so you can explore in-depth all the rich history, importance, and work of the Congressional Black Caucus: who founded it? Why was it founded? How has it helped? What actions have they taken?
⮚ How and why was the Congressional Black Caucus Founded? (1955 – 1975)
Creation and Evolution of the Congressional Black Caucus | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives
As the number of African Americans serving in Congress grew, a long-desired movement to form a more unified organization among black legislators coalesced. When Charles C. Diggs Jr. of Michigan entered the House of Representatives in 1955, he joined black Members William Dawson of Illinois and Adam Clayton Powell of New York-the largest delegation of African Americans on Capitol Hill since Reconstruction.
Learn about their fight to meet with President Nixon and more!
