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Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2022 / prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Administration of the United States House of Representatives, by the Office of the Historian and Office of the Clerk, United States House of Representatives.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Congress. House. Office of the Historian, author.
- United States. Congress. House. Office of the Clerk, author.
- Series:
- United States congressional serial set ; serial no. 15950.
- House document (United States. Congress. House) ; 118-16.
- [U.S. congressional serial set] ; [15950]
- House document ; 118-16
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Congress--Officials and employees--History.
- United States.
- African American legislators--Biography.
- African American legislators.
- African American legislative employees--History.
- African American legislative employees.
- Legislative bodies--United States--History.
- Legislative bodies.
- African Americans--Politics and government--History.
- African Americans.
- Legislation--United States--History.
- Legislation.
- African Americans--Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 799 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- [Fourth edition].
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2023.
- Summary:
- "Provides a comprehensive history of the 175 African Americans who have served in the United States Congress. Written for a general audience, this book contains a profile of each African-American Member, including notables such as Hiram R. Revels, Joseph H. Rainy, Oscar De Priest, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Shirley Chisholm, Augustus F. "Gus" Hawkins, and Barbara Jordan. Individual profiles are introduced by contextual essays that explain major events in congressional and U.S. history. Illustrated with many portraits, photographs, and charts"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Alphabetical list of Black Members of Congress, 1870-2022
- Part one: Former members
- Part two: Current members
- Part three: Appendices
- Appendix A: Black-American members by Congress, 1870-2022
- Appendix B: Black-American members by state and territory, 1870-2022
- Appendix C: Black-American chairs of Congressional committees, 1877-2022
- Appendix D: Black-American chairs of Congressional subcommittees, 1949-2022
- Appendix E: Black-Americans in party leadership positions, 1975-2022
- Appendix F: Chairs of the Congressional Black Caucus, 1971-2022
- Appendix G: Constitutional amendments and major legislation
- Appendix H: Oral histories of Black Members of Congress.
- Notes:
- U.S. Congressional Serial Set information provided by U.S. G.P.O.
- In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).
- Access ID (govinfo): GPO-CDOC-118hdoc16.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (GovInfo, viewed Jan. 17, 2024).
- Other Edition:
- Revision of
- Other Format:
- Print version: Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2022
- ISBN:
- 9781735519340
- 1735519340
- 9781735519357
- 1735519359
- OCLC:
- 1417403956
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