If so, are they senators or just representatives?
2006-12-21 15:53:33 · 9 answers · asked by Irene U 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
Of course there are. Please check out the membership of the Congressional Black Caucus http://www.congressionalblackcaucus.net/ The current membership is as follows:
Rep. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
Rep. G.K. Butterfield
Rep. Julia M. Carson
Rep. Donna M. Christian-Christensen
Rep. William L. Clay, Jr.
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, II
Rep. James E. Clyburn
Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (founding member)
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings
Rep. Artur Davis
Rep. Chaka Fattah
Rep. Harold E. Ford, Jr.
Rep. Al Green
Rep. Alcee L. Hastings
Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
Rep. William J. Jefferson
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones
Rep. John Lewis
Rep. Cynthia McKinney
Rep. Kendrick Meek
Rep. Gregory W. Meeks
Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald
Rep. Gwen Moore
Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton
Sen. Barack Obama
Rep. Major R. Owens
Rep. Donald M. Payne
Rep. Charles B. Rangel (founding member)
Rep. Bobby L. Rush
Rep. David Scott
Rep. Robert C. Scott
Rep. Bennie G. Thompson
Rep. Edolphus Towns
Rep. Maxine Waters
Rep. Diane E. Watson
Rep. Melvin L. Watt
Rep. Albert R. Wynn
2006-12-21 16:00:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Barack Obama is in the Senate, he is currently the only black Senator.
In Congress there are 40 black members; John Conyers, Jr., Charles B. Rangel, Edolphus Towns, John Lewis, Donald M. Payne, William J. Jefferson, Maxine Waters, Sanford Bishop, Corinne Brown, Jim Clyburn, Alcee Hastings, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Bobby Rush, Robert C. Scott, Mel Watt, Albert Wynn, Bennie Thompson, Chaka Fattah, Sheila Jackson Lee, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Juanita Millender-McDonald, Elijah Cummings, Julia Carson, Danny K. Davis, Carolyn Cheeks Kirkpatrick, Gregory W. Meeks, Barbara Lee, Stephanie Tubbs Jones, William Lacy Clay, Jr., Diane Watson, Artur Davis, Kendrick Meek, David Scott, G.K. Butterfield, Emanuel Cleaver, Al Green, Gwen Moore, Yvette Clark, Keith Ellison, Hank Jackson. (The last three have just been elected for the next term).
2006-12-21 16:04:47 · answer #2 · answered by Joy M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Representative John Conyers Jr. is a great guy. You can find out about all of them from the Congressional Black Caucus. (Websites listed below)
2006-12-21 15:58:10 · answer #3 · answered by Zelda Hunter 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
William Jefferson, the black congressman who got caught taking a 100K dollar bribe, somehow got reelected.
2006-12-21 15:58:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
several. However, he is the only black senator right now.
2006-12-21 15:57:21 · answer #5 · answered by The Big Box 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Charlie Rangel! I love his voice, he always sounds like he just woke up... but he's excellent.
2006-12-21 16:54:20 · answer #6 · answered by niko 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You must not have a television. Can you read?
2006-12-21 23:14:02 · answer #7 · answered by pelone 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not many. If there were, we wouldn't think it was such a big deal. And it shouldn't be. Policies, not pigments please!
2006-12-21 15:57:58 · answer #8 · answered by soulsearcher 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well yeah.
2006-12-21 15:56:03 · answer #9 · answered by ValleyR 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋