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Returning and newly-elected members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) were ceremonially sworn-in at the Capitol. Incoming CBC Chair G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) said criminal justice reform…

Representatives Xavier Becerra (D-CA) and John Lewis (D-GA) joined legal advocates to examine the impact of voting and the state of Black America ahead of the 2014 midterm elections. They al…

Officials and lawmakers spoke about the state of the U.S. economy and economic recovery strategies at the local level. They focused on minority business ideas and community-based programs to…

Congressional Democrats hosted an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case that ended school segregation in the U.S. Rep. Elijah Cumming…

In a forum titled, “Where Do We Go from Here?: Chaos or Community? Black America’s Vision for Healing, Harmony and Higher Ground,” black leaders talked about African-American issues since th…

Black caucus members encouraged Congress to confirm President Bill Clinton’s selections to the federal judiciary. They blamed Jesse Helms for preventing the desegregation of the courts in No…

Representative John Conyers (D-Michigan) and others talked about the proposal of legislation to provide African-Americans with reparation payments at a meeting of the Congressional Black Cau…

Harvard University Law School Professor Charles Ogletree led a town hall meeting of Congressional Black Caucus members who talked about the legal issues, concerns of African-American members…

The Congressional Black Caucus discussed various campaign issues, including education, affirmative action, and redistricting. They focused particularly on how these issues would affect the A…

Rep. Payne and other members of the caucus talked with reporters about issues affecting black Americans, as well as the agenda for the Congressional Black Caucus.