Congressional Black Caucus

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congressional caucus political organization

The Congressional Black Caucus is an organization of African American members of the United States Congress that advocates for the political, economic, and social interests of Black communities.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Congressional Black Caucus canonical	16
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation	1
Congressional Black Caucus Political Action Committee	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	congressional caucus ⓘ political organization ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
composedOf	African American members of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ African American members of the United States Senate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
fieldOfWork	civil rights ⓘ criminal justice reform ⓘ economic justice ⓘ education policy ⓘ health care policy ⓘ racial equality ⓘ voting rights ⓘ
foundedBy	Andrew Young ⓘ Augustus F. Hawkins ⓘ Charles B. Rangel ⓘ Charles Diggs ⓘ George W. Collins ⓘ John Conyers ⓘ Louis Stokes ⓘ Parren J. Mitchell ⓘ Ralph Metcalfe ⓘ Robert N.C. Nix Sr. ⓘ Ron Dellums ⓘ Shirley Chisholm ⓘ Walter Fauntroy ⓘ William L. Clay Sr. ⓘ Yvonne Brathwaite Burke ⓘ
hasHeadquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
hasOrganizationalStructure	caucus within the United States Congress ⓘ
hasPart	Congressional Black Caucus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Congressional Black Caucus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Congressional Black Caucus Political Action Committee
inception	1971 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	District of Columbia ⓘ
motto	“the conscience of the Congress” ⓘ
notableMember	Barbara Lee ⓘ Charles B. Rangel ⓘ James E. Clyburn ⓘ John Conyers ⓘ John Lewis ⓘ Maxine Waters ⓘ Shirley Chisholm ⓘ
operatesIn	United States Congress ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
purpose	advocacy for economic interests of Black Americans ⓘ advocacy for political interests of Black Americans ⓘ advocacy for social interests of Black Americans ⓘ
shortName	CBC ⓘ
website	https://cbc.house.gov ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Lewis → memberOf → Congressional Black Caucus ⓘ

Cynthia McKinney → partOf → Congressional Black Caucus ⓘ

Congressional Black Caucus → hasPart → Congressional Black Caucus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Congressional Black Caucus Foundation

Congressional Black Caucus → hasPart → Congressional Black Caucus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Congressional Black Caucus Political Action Committee

Shirley Chisholm → memberOf → Congressional Black Caucus ⓘ

Shirley Chisholm → coFounderOf → Congressional Black Caucus ⓘ

House Democratic Caucus → hasSuborganization → Congressional Black Caucus ⓘ

Donna Edwards → member of → Congressional Black Caucus ⓘ

Louis Stokes → memberOf → Congressional Black Caucus ⓘ

Bonnie Watson Coleman → memberOf → Congressional Black Caucus ⓘ

Congressman Charles Diggs → member of → Congressional Black Caucus ⓘ

subject surface form: Charles Diggs

Al Green → partOfCaucus → Congressional Black Caucus ⓘ

Eddie Bernice Johnson → partOf → Congressional Black Caucus ⓘ

Eddie Bernice Johnson → memberOf → Congressional Black Caucus ⓘ

Colin Allred → isMemberOf → Congressional Black Caucus ⓘ

Hakeem Jeffries → caucusMembership → Congressional Black Caucus ⓘ

Julian Dixon (former U.S. Representative) → memberOf → Congressional Black Caucus ⓘ

subject surface form: Julian Dixon

Eleanor Holmes Norton → member of → Congressional Black Caucus ⓘ