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The House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral United States Congress, which is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the term "African American" includes all individuals who identify with one or more nationalities or ethnic groups originating in any of the ...
African American Members of the United States Congress: 1870-2012 A 66-page history produced by the Congressional Research Service. Black Americans in Congress, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives; Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007 C-SPAN video with Matt Wasniewski as the presenter. He discusses the history of African ...
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 3, 2025, the 119th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
United States portal This category includes African American members of the United States House of Representatives who are currently serving as well as those who served in the past. The main article for this category is African Americans in the United States Congress .
Figures’ win will give Alabama a second Black representative in its congressional delegation for the first time in the state’s history. MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Shomari Figures, a former top aide ...
A majority-minority district is an electoral district, such as a United States congressional district, in which the majority of the constituents in the district are racial or ethnic minorities (as opposed to Non-Hispanic whites in the U.S.). Race is collected through the decennial United States census.
Rhode Island voters could make history Tuesday by electing the state’s first Black representative to Congress or return the seat last held by Republicans in the 1990s to a GOP candidate.
Jasmine Felicia Crockett (born March 29, 1981) is an American lawyer and politician who has been a U.S. representative from Texas's 30th congressional district since January 2023.