Providing a platform for education, engagement and empowerment
With the opening of the 92nd Congress (1971–1973), the number of black Representatives rose to 13—the greatest number of African Americans ever to serve simultaneously in Congress. The DSC met on February 2, 1971, and accepted a recommendation put forth by Clay to create a nonpartisan, formal network for African-American Members.27 Charles Rangel of New York, who narrowly defeated longtime Representative Adam Clayton Powell in 1970, thought of a new name for the group: the Congressional Black Caucus.28 The
This is quite a game, politics. There are no permanent enemies, and no permanent friends, only permanent interests.