Five new African American members of Congress
Five new African American members of Congress, Jan. 21, 1971. L-R: George Collins, Illinois; Charles Rangel, New York; Roland Dellums, California; Ralph Metcalf, Illinois; and Parren Mitchell, Maryland. They joined 7 other African American Congressmen who boycotted Nixon's State of the Union Address because he consistently refused to hear the pleas and concerns of Black Americans. (CSU_2015_9_1026)
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