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Formed 50 years ago, Congressional Black Caucus made presence felt by standing up to Nixon
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MAY 25, 1971: Congressional Black Caucus Representatives George W. Collins (D-Ill.), Ronald V. Dellums (D-Calif.), Shirley Chisholm (D-N.Y.), William L. Clay (D-Mo.), Charles C. Diggs, Jr. (D-Mich.), Augustus F. Hawkins (D-Calif.), Parren J. Mitchell (D-Md.), Walter Fauntroy (D-D.C.), Louis Stokes (D-Ohio), Ralph Metcalfe (D-Ill.) (Photo by Warren K. Leffler/Library of Congress). (Getty Images)
It didn’t take long for this group to make an impact.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Congressional Black Caucus, a nonpartisan group of Black members in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate that provides a voice and highlights issues prominent in the Black community.