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Black Americans in Congress

Access: Publicly available resource

Description: Contains biographical profiles of current and former African-American Members of Congress. The site also includes essays on institutional and national events that shaped successive generations of African Americans in Congress, and images of each individual Member, supplemented by other historical photos..

Also try the interactive timeline of House history , tracing more than two centuries of institutional milestones.

Coverage: 1800's to present

Subject(s):
Gender, Minority Studies & Anthropology
History, Genealogy & Archives
Politics & Government
Publicly Available Resources

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