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Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Former black members of Congress: "The Fifteenth Amendment in flesh and blood": The symbolic generation of black Americans in Congress, 1870-1887
• "The Negroes' temporary farewell": Jim Crow and the exclusion of African Americans from Congress, 1887-1929
• Keeping the faith: African Americans return to Congress, 1929-1970
• Permanent interests: The expansion, organization, and rising influence of African Americans in Congress, 1971-2007.

Contributors:

United States Congress > House > Committee on House Administration

United States Congress > House > Office of History and Preservation

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Other Related Resources:

Other format: Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007 (v, 803 p. — OCLC Number 276988724)

Related Series:

United States congressional serial set; serial no. 14904

House document (United States. Congress. House); 108-224

Subjects:

United States Congress — Biography

African American legislators — Biography

United States Congress

African American legislators

United States

Genres:

Biographies

Legislative materials

General Notes:

Dedication sheet inserted.
Shipping list no.: 2009-0004-S.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Also available via Internet from the GPO Access web site. Address as of 12/4/08: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-224/index.html ; current access is available via PURL.
Federal Information Preservation Network copy of this title. Do not discard.
Condition: Fine

Physical Description:

v, 803 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm.

Call Numbers:

Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 14904

SuDocs Numbers:

Y 1.1/7:108-224
Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 14904

ISBNs:

9780160801945
016080194X

Other Standard Numbers:

Government Printing Office Item Number: 1004-E
Government Printing Office Item Number: 1004-E (online)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2008010047

OCLC Numbers:

1023838144
213080674 [Invalid]