List of African-American United States representatives
WEBThere currently are 57 African-American representatives and two African-American delegates in the United States House of Representatives, representing 29 states, plus the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia. Most are members of …
African Americans in the United States Congress - Wikipedia
WEBSenator Hiram Revels was the first African American to serve in Congress. Representative Shirley Chisholm was the first African-American woman to serve in Congress. From the first United States Congress in 1789 through the 116th Congress in 2020, 162 African Americans served in Congress. [1]
WEBJan 13, 2019 · The 116th Congress began with the highest number of African American Members ever for the start of a Congress: 57 (52 Representatives, 2 Delegates, and 3 Senators). Table 2 provides a summary of the 163 African Americans who have served in the House, Senate, and both chambers.
Black Congressional Member Biographies - Congressional Black …
WEBCongressman Oscar De Priest was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1929, representing Illinois’ first Congressional District. De Priest, a Republican, was the first African American elected to Congress in the 20th century and the first Black representative elected from a northern state.
Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) | Purpose, Founding, Members ...
WEB6 days ago · Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), caucus in the Congress of the United States consisting of several dozen African American members of the House of Representatives and the Senate. It was established in 1971 amid a surge in Black congressional representation that followed the adoption of the Voting.
History | Congressional Black Caucus - House
WEBIn 2008, then U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.) was elected President of the United States, making him the first and only African-American, the first and only member of the CBC, and the first and only member of a minority congressional caucus to be elected to the nation’s highest office.
Outstanding African Americans of Congress - United States …
WEBIn Outstanding African Americans of Congress, author Dr. Shirley Washington highlights fifteen notable African Americans who have served in Congress, including Shirley Chisholm, Mickey Leland and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
African National Congress - Encyclopedia Britannica
WEB3 days ago · African National Congress (ANC), South African political party and Black nationalist organization. Founded in 1912 as the South African Native National Congress, it had as its main goal the maintenance of voting rights for Coloureds (persons of mixed race) and Black Africans in Cape Province .
WEBThroughout this period, african americans constituted a small percentage of congress. even in the 91st congress (1969–1971), with a record high 11 black members, african americans accounted for just 2 percent of the combined membership of the House and the senate. But change was underway.
The Congressional Black Caucus: Powerful, Diverse and Newly …
WEBAug 21, 2021 · The 50-year-old group, which includes most Black members of Congress and is entirely Democratic, is also more diverse, reflecting growing pockets of the Black electorate: millennials,...