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Black Americans in Congress

Black Americans in Congress, Created and maintained by the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Black Americans in Congress, 1870–2007 is an updated and expanded edition of Black Americans in Congress, 1870–1989, as mandated by the House of Representatives in House Concurrent Resolution No. 43, by the 107th Congress, First Session. Black Americans in Congress, 1870–2007 is the second volume in a series of publications highlighting the congressional service of women and minority groups. Women in Congress, 1917–2006 and its companion Web site were published in 2007.

Black Americans in Congress, 1870–2007 was developed by the Office of History and Preservation under the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, and may be purchased at the U.S. Government Printing Office online bookstore. This companion Web site was developed by the Office of Publication Services, also under the Office of the Clerk.

See also: Black Americans in Congress, By Jessica Pritchard, AHA Today,
October 07, 2008.

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.


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