Since its establishment in 1971, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has been committed to using the full Constitutional power, statutory authority, and financial resources of the federal government to ensure that African Americans and other marginalized communities in the United States have the opportunity to achieve the American Dream.
It’s not about the Confederate statues or the re-emerging debate over reparations for slavery.
The struggle for black equality, 400 years after the first enslaved Africans arrived in Virginia, isn’t just about disparity in wealth, education and treatment by the criminal justice system, although those are top priorities of the Congressional Black Caucus in a U.S. House of… Read more »
The Tri-Caucus – which includes the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), and Congressional Asian-Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) – called on Department of Housing (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson to reverse his decision to target immigrant and mixed-status households by barring them from federal housing subsidies, which would exacerbate the affordable housing… Read more »
The topic of reparations for slavery is headed to Capitol Hill for its first hearing in more than a decade with writer Ta-Nehisi Coates and actor Danny Glover set to testify before a House panel.
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties is scheduled to hold the hearing next Wednesday, its stated purpose “to examine, through open and… Read more »
Rep. John Lewis and several of his Democratic colleagues broke down in tears during a closed-door meeting Tuesday after a historian described the congressman’s reaction when he saw his great-great-grandfather’s voter registration card for the first time.
The House Democratic caucus invited Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Henry Louis Gates Jr., who heads the Hutchins Center for African &… Read more »
What was billed as a town hall for the “State of Black America in Brooklyn” Friday night at Brownsville’s P.S. 156 Waverly, morphed into a panel discussion about criminal justice reform featuring members of the Congressional Black Caucus, local legislators and community activists, including Assemblymember Latrice Walker and Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.
Led by Congressmembers… Read more »
United States Congresswoman Terri Sewell and two of her colleagues are heard from infuriated advocates for voting rights on Monday.
One of the provisions of the 965 Civil Rights Act was that Alabama and eight other states with a history of discrimination, must report to the Department of Justice before making any election law changes.
But in a 2013 case brought by Shelby County, the… Read more »
Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) is finding herself in high demand heading into 2020.
The new leader of the powerful Congressional Black Caucus received a phone call from Joe Biden, the former vice president and current front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, just the other day.
She caught up with Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio),… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the authorities in southern Louisiana have named a suspect in connection to the recent burning of three historical black churches in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Congresswoman Karen Bass, the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, issued the following statement in response:
“These acts of domestic terrorism serve as a reminder that we must… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Karen Bass, Chair of the CBC, Congressman Bennie Thompson, Chairman of Homeland Security Committee and Congressman Cedric Richmond issued the following joint statement on the recent burning of Louisiana churches:
“Congressional Black Caucus Chair Karen Bass, Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson, and Representative Cedric… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) met with officials from CBS News to discuss the importance of diversity in news coverage and insist the organization add more reporters of color to their roster of journalists chosen to cover the upcoming 2020 election campaign. CBS News recently faced criticism regarding the lack of diversity among the reporters chosen to cover the… Read more »
