Artifacts
![Ebony Magazine Cover Featuring Shirley Chisholm, 1969](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/paper-chisholm-shirley-ebony.jpg)
Representative Shirley Chisholm of New York became the first African-American woman in the House when she was elected in 1968 from a newly reconfigured, majority-black district in Brooklyn, New York. Ebony magazine featured the lawmaker in an article titled, “New Faces in Congress.”
Ebony magazine, February 1969, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives
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![Joseph Rainey Portrait, 2005 Joseph Rainey Portrait, 2005](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/portrait-rainey-thumb.jpg)
![African Americans Observing Congress, 1889 African Americans Observing Congress, 1889](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/paper-frank-thumb.jpg)
![Ralph Metcalfe Newspaper Photograph, 1933 Ralph Metcalfe Newspaper Photograph, 1933](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/misc-metcalfe-thumb.jpg)
![Oscar De Priest Campaign Button, c. 1933 Oscar De Priest Campaign Button, c. 1933](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/campaign-de-priest-thumb.jpg)
![Oscar De Priest Handbill, 1934 Oscar De Priest Handbill, 1934](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/paper-de-priest-thumb.jpg)
![Black Lawmakers Fan, c. 1962 Black Lawmakers Fan, c. 1962](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/misc-diggs-thumb.jpg)
![Unmasking the Civil Rights Bill Pamphlet, 1964 Unmasking the Civil Rights Bill Pamphlet, 1964](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/paper-judiciary-thumb.jpg)
![<i>Jet</i> Magazine Cover Featuring John Conyers, Jr., 1964 <i>Jet</i> Magazine Cover Featuring John Conyers, Jr., 1964](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/paper-conyers-thumb.jpg)
![Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Campaign Button, c. 1965 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Campaign Button, c. 1965](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/campaign-powell-thumb.jpg)
![Jet Magazine Cover Featuring Yvonne Burke, 1967 Jet Magazine Cover Featuring Yvonne Burke, 1967](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/paper-burke-thumb.jpg)
![<i>Keep the Faith, Baby!</i> Album, 1967 <i>Keep the Faith, Baby!</i> Album, 1967](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/misc-powell-thumb.jpg)
![William Levi Dawson Portrait, 1968 William Levi Dawson Portrait, 1968](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/portrait-dawson-thumb.jpg)
![Augustus (Gus) Hawkins Campaign Button, c. 1968 Augustus (Gus) Hawkins Campaign Button, c. 1968](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/campaign-hawkins-thumb.jpg)
![<i>Ebony</i> Magazine Cover Featuring Shirley Chisholm, 1969 <i>Ebony</i> Magazine Cover Featuring Shirley Chisholm, 1969](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/paper-chisholm-ebony-thumb.jpg)
![Louis Stokes campaign button, c. 1975 Louis Stokes campaign button, c. 1975](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/campaign-stokes-thumb.jpg)
![Shirley Chisholm Campaign Poster, 1972 Shirley Chisholm Campaign Poster, 1972](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/poster-chisholm-thumb.jpg)
![Andrew Young Campaign Button, c. 1975 Andrew Young Campaign Button, c. 1975](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/campaign-young-thumb.jpg)
![Black Lawmakers Fan, c. 1975 Black Lawmakers Fan, c. 1975](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/misc-black-lawmakers-thumb.jpg)
![Robert Nix Campaign Button, 1976 Robert Nix Campaign Button, 1976](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/campaign-nix-thumb.jpg)
![Walter Fauntroy Campaign Button, c. 1976 Walter Fauntroy Campaign Button, c. 1976](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/campaign-fauntroy-thumb.jpg)
![Cardiss W. Collins Campaign Button, c. 1980 Cardiss W. Collins Campaign Button, c. 1980](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/campaign-collins-thumb.jpg)
![Harold Ford, Sr. Campaign Button, c. 1980 Harold Ford, Sr. Campaign Button, c. 1980](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/campaign-ford-thumb.jpg)
![Harold Washington Campaign Button, c. 1980 Harold Washington Campaign Button, c. 1980](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/campaign-washington-thumb.jpg)
![Parren Mitchell Portrait, 1982 Parren Mitchell Portrait, 1982](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/portrait-mitchell-thumb.jpg)
![William (Bill) Gray III Portrait, 1996 William (Bill) Gray III Portrait, 1996](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/portrait-gray-thumb.jpg)
![Charles Hayes Campaign Button, c. 1988 Charles Hayes Campaign Button, c. 1988](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/campaign-hayes-thumb.jpg)
![Alan Wheat Campaign Button, c. 1988 Alan Wheat Campaign Button, c. 1988](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/campaign-wheat-thumb.jpg)
![Augustus (Gus) Hawkins Portrait, 1990 Augustus (Gus) Hawkins Portrait, 1990](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/portrait-hawkins-thumb.jpg)
![Kweisi Mfume Campaign Button, c. 1991 Kweisi Mfume Campaign Button, c. 1991](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/campaign-mfume-thumb.jpg)
![Albert Wynn Campaign Button, 1994 Albert Wynn Campaign Button, 1994](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/campaign-wynn-thumb.jpg)
![Floyd Flake Campaign Button, c. 1993 Floyd Flake Campaign Button, c. 1993](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/campaign-flake-thumb.jpg)
![Gary Franks Campaign Button,1996 Gary Franks Campaign Button,1996](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/campaign-franks-thumb.jpg)
![Eva Clayton Campaign Button, c. 1996 Eva Clayton Campaign Button, c. 1996](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/campaign-clayton-thumb.jpg)
![Ronald V. Dellums Portrait, 1997 Ronald V. Dellums Portrait, 1997](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/portrait-dellums-thumb.jpg)
![J. C. Watts Campaign Button, c. 1998 J. C. Watts Campaign Button, c. 1998](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/campaign-watts-thumb.jpg)
![Cynthia McKinney Campaign Button, c. 1998 Cynthia McKinney Campaign Button, c. 1998](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/campaign-mckinney-thumb.jpg)
![Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony pass, 2007 Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony pass, 2007](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090129231428im_/http://baic.house.gov/images/artifacts/paper-gold-medal-thumb.jpg)
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