Just permanent interests: Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1991

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.