Politics Panel
Former Congressman Major Owens (D-NY) talked about his book The Peacock Elite: A Case Study of the Congressional Black Caucus. He discussed the Congressional Black Caucus and the continuing impact of caucus…
194 viewsFormer Congressman Major Owens (D-NY) talked about his book The Peacock Elite: A Case Study of the Congressional Black Caucus. He discussed the Congressional Black Caucus and the continuing impact of caucus…
194 viewsHerb Boyd, Thomas Bradshaw, Charles Edison and Major Owens discussed how current events are reflected in the writings of African Americans. Obery Hendricks moderated. Th panelists also responded to…
510 viewsRep. Clyburn, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, and Caucus members, talked with reporters about their legislative and spending priorities for this session of Congress. Others mentioned…
37 viewsAfrican-American members of the House gathered to celebrate their election and re-election. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-DC), the chair of the caucus, Bill Cosby and others spoke about the…
201 viewsThe Congressional Black Caucus discussed various campaign issues, including education, affirmative action, and redistricting. They focused particularly on how these issues would affect the…
169 viewsMembers of Congress joined by representatives of several women’s organizations at a news conference, called on President Clinton to name an African-American woman to the Supreme Court…
65 viewsSeveral members delivered special order speeches in order to recognize the importance of February as black history month.
187 views19th Congressional Black Caucus Legislative weekend leads a town meeting discussion on "A Global Crisis: Our Children at Risk".
81 viewsRepresentative Dymally opened the gathering with a short discussion on the development of rights for the black community under the Constitution. Representative Hawkins then delivered the…
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