TY - BOOK AU - Clay,William L. TI - Just permanent interests: Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1991 SN - 1567430007 : AV - E185.96 .C58 1992 U1 - 328.73/0089/96073 20 PY - 1992/// CY - New York, NY PB - Amistad Press, Distributed by Penguin USA KW - United States KW - Congress KW - History KW - African American legislators KW - African Americans KW - Politics and government N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The slow march to freedom --; From emancipations to the halls of Congress --; The barren years: taxation without representation --; The lonely years: few blacks in Congress --; Birth of the Congressional Black Caucus --; The Nixon Administration tries to ignore the CBC --; The first annual Congressional Black Caucus dinner --; Early days of the Caucus --; The Black Elected Officials' Conference and National Black Convention --; The 1972 presidential campaign --; CBC conferences and hearings --; The CBC comes of age --; The CBC almost self-destructs --; A conspiracy to silence dissent --; The CBC revolution UR - http://www.archive.org/details/justpermanentint00clay UR - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL1721793M ER -