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The United States House of Representatives has had 188 elected African-American members, of whom 182 have been representatives from U.S. states and six have been delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. [1]
The first African American to become party leader in either chamber of congress was Hakeem Jeffries in 2023. One member, then Senator Barack Obama, went from the Senate to President of the United States in 2009. The first African Americans to serve in the Congress were Republicans elected during the Reconstruction Era.
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 20, 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.
Mark Anthony Neal, a professor of African-American studies and popular culture at Duke University, wrote a column in late 2008 that the Congressional Black Caucus and other African-American-centered organizations are still needed, and should take advantage of "the political will that Obama's campaign has generated."
President Bill Clinton named the most African-Americans as secretaries to his first-term cabinet, with four: former U.S. representative Mike Espy (D-MS) as Secretary of Agriculture; DNC chairman Ron Brown as Secretary of Commerce; corporate director Hazel R. O'Leary as Secretary of Energy; and DAV executive director Jesse Brown as Secretary of ...
The last time leaders of the African continent were invited to the White House, Barack Obama was president. It was August 2014, and the world was grappling with a deadly virus: Ebola. And Joe ...
Kweisi Mfume (/ k w aɪ ˈ iː s i ʊ m ˈ f uː m eɪ / kwy-EE-see uum-FOO-may; born Frizzell Gerard Tate; [1] October 24, 1948) is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for Maryland's 7th congressional district, first serving from 1987 to 1996 and again since 2020.
Along with Ritchie Torres, Jones was the first openly gay African American elected to Congress. [1] [43] Ritchie Torres: Democratic: New York: January 3, 2021: Incumbent 4 years, 21 days Along with Mondaire Jones, Torres was the first openly gay African American elected to Congress, [43] and the first openly gay Hispanic member of Congress. [1 ...