Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007 / prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Administration of the U.S. House of Representatives, by the Office of History and Preservation, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on House Administration.; United States. Congress. House. Office of History and Preservation.
2008
E185.96 .B526 2008 (Mapit)
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Title Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007 / prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Administration of the U.S. House of Representatives, by the Office of History and Preservation, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives.
ISBN 9780160801945
016080194X
Imprint Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2008.
Language English
Description v, 803 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
Call Number E185.96 .B526 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification 328.73092/396073
GPO Item No. 1004-E
Note Shipping list no.: 2009-0004-S.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Corporate Author United States. Congress. House. Committee on House Administration.
United States. Congress. House. Office of History and Preservation.
Series House document (United States. Congress. House) ; 108-224.
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Introduction
Former black members of Congress: "The Fifteenth Amendment in flesh and blood": The symbolic generation of black Americans in Congress, 1870-1887
"The Negroes' temporary farewell": Jim Crow and the exclusion of African Americans from Congress, 1887-1929
Keeping the faith: African Americans return to Congress, 1929-1970
Permanent interests: The expansion, organization, and rising influence of African Americans in Congress, 1971-2007.

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