Charles Diggs

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African-American member of the United States Congress civil rights activist human member of the United States House of Representatives politician

Charles Diggs was an influential African American U.S. Congressman from Michigan who became a leading advocate for civil rights and Black political representation.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Charles C. Diggs Sr.	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African-American member of the United States Congress ⓘ civil rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ politician ⓘ
cause	Black political empowerment ⓘ civil rights ⓘ racial equality ⓘ voting rights ⓘ
country of citizenship	United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnic group	African American NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Diggs NERFINISHED ⓘ
field of work	civil rights ⓘ politics ⓘ
givenName	Charles ⓘ
known for	advocacy for Black political representation ⓘ being an influential African American U.S. Congressman from Michigan ⓘ leadership on civil rights issues in Congress ⓘ
language of work or name	English ⓘ
member of political party	Democratic Party (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ
notable role	leading advocate for Black political representation in the U.S. Congress ⓘ leading advocate for civil rights in the U.S. Congress ⓘ
notable work	advocacy for civil rights legislation ⓘ promotion of Black political representation ⓘ support for the civil rights movement ⓘ
occupation	funeral director ⓘ politician ⓘ
position held	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 13th congressional district ⓘ Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 1st congressional district ⓘ United States representative NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
represented	African American constituents in Michigan ⓘ
residence	Detroit, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ
sex or gender	male ⓘ
state represented in the U.S. House of Representatives	Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ
work location	Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Congressional Black Caucus → foundedBy → Charles Diggs ⓘ

Gary Convention → notableParticipant → Charles Diggs ⓘ

Congressman Charles Diggs → has notable relative → Charles Diggs ⓘ

subject surface form: Charles Diggs

this entity surface form: Charles C. Diggs Sr.