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Author Clay, William L.

Title Just permanent interests : Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1991 / by William L. Clay ; with a foreword by L. Douglas Wilder.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Amistad Press : Distributed by Penguin USA, [1992]
©1992

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  328.73 C579    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  328.73 C622J    Check Shelf
Description xv, 412 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The slow march to freedom -- From emancipations to the halls of Congress -- The barren years: taxation without representation -- The lonely years: few blacks in Congress -- Birth of the Congressional Black Caucus -- The Nixon Administration tries to ignore the CBC -- The first annual Congressional Black Caucus dinner -- Early days of the Caucus -- The Black Elected Officials' Conference and National Black Convention -- The 1972 presidential campaign -- CBC conferences and hearings -- The CBC comes of age -- The CBC almost self-destructs -- A conspiracy to silence dissent -- The CBC revolution.
Subject African American legislators -- History.
United States -- Politics and government.
United States. Congress -- History.
African Americans -- Politics and government.
ISBN 1567430007: $24.95
9781567430004
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