Founding members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Black_Caucus" class="extiw" title="w:Congressional Black Caucus">Congressional Black Caucus</a>. Standing L–R: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parren_Mitchell" class="extiw" title="w:Parren Mitchell">Parren Mitchell</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rangel" class="extiw" title="w:Charles Rangel">Charles Rangel</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clay" class="extiw" title="w:Bill Clay">Bill Clay</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Dellums" class="extiw" title="w:Ron Dellums">Ron Dellums</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Collins" class="extiw" title="w:George W. Collins">George W. Collins</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Stokes" class="extiw" title="w:Louis Stokes">Louis Stokes</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Metcalfe" class="extiw" title="w:Ralph Metcalfe">Ralph Metcalfe</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Conyers" class="extiw" title="w:John Conyers">John Conyers</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Fauntroy" class="extiw" title="w:Walter Fauntroy">Walter Fauntroy</a>. Seated L–R: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_N.C._Nix,_Sr." class="extiw" title="w:Robert N.C. Nix, Sr.">Robert N.C. Nix, Sr.</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Diggs" class="extiw" title="w:Charles Diggs">Charles Diggs</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Chisholm" class="extiw" title="w:Shirley Chisholm">Shirley Chisholm</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_F._Hawkins" class="extiw" title="w:Augustus F. Hawkins">Augustus F. Hawkins</a>.
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