TY  - BOOK
ED  - United States.
ED  - United States.
TI  - Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007
T2  - House document
SN  - 9780160801945 :
AV  - E185.96 .B526 2008
U1  - 328.73092/396073 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Washington
PB  - U.S. G.P.O., For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.
KW  - United States
KW  - Congress
KW  - Biography
KW  - African American legislators
N1  - Dedication sheet inserted; Shipping list no.: 2009-0004-S; Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
UR  - http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS106070
ER  -