Melvin L. Watt Chair	Corrine Brown Vice-Chair	Carolyn Kilpatrick Second Vice-Chair	Danny K. Davis Secretary	Barbara Lee Whip

Constituents of the CBC	Congressional Black Caucus: This website offers an extensive look into the Congressional Black Caucus. Links provide information concerning the organization's history, officers, speeches, and priorities. Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.: This website details the CBC's foundation organization. Links to its history, conference dates, and programs (including scholarship, internship, and fellowship information) can be found here. Congressional Black Caucus Political Education and Leadership Institute (CBC Institute): Another subcommittee of the CBC which trains political candidates, researches minority voting representation, and increases the African American presence in public policies.
A Glance at History	First African American senator: This biographic piece was provided by the US Senate, honoring the first African American senator. Exhibit on African American Senators: This US Senate webpage provides pictures and bibliographic blurbs on African American Senators throughout history.
Examples of the CBC's Concerns	Racial profiling: limited data available on motorist stops: This PDF report comes from the Government Publications Office website (GPO Access). It was published in March 2000. H. CON. RES. 107: Concurrent Resolution supporting the goal of increased homeownership in the United States and recognizing the importance of homeownership programs, fair lending laws, and fair housing laws in achieving that goal. 109th Congress. (web format) H. R. 1786: A bill to impose sanctions against Nigeria, and for other purposes. 105th Congress. (web format) The challenging health care issues affecting older African Americans: joint hearing before the Select Committee on Aging and the Congressional Black Caucus, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, September 13, 1991. Available U of I Main Stacks: Y 4.Ag 4/2:Af 8 Impact of the administration's proposed budget policies upon the black elderly : joint hearing before the Congressional Black Caucus, braintrust on aging, the National Caucus on the Black Aged, and the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, first session, May 27, 1981. Available U of I Main Stacks: Y 4.Ag 4/2:El 2/31 Tobacco Settlement: Views of the Administration and the State Attorneys General: CIS: 98-H271-22, April 1998. SOURCE: Committee on Commerce. Hearing. U of I Main Stacks: Y4.C73/8:105-56. Available online to U of I affiliates through LexisNexis Congressional Universe. NAFTA: A Negative Impact on Blue Collar, Minority, and Female Employment: CIS: 94-H401-15, March 1994. SOURCE: Committee on Government Operations. Hearing. U of I Main Stacks: Y4.G74/7:AM3/5. Available online to U of I affiliates through LexisNexis Congressional Universe. "Congressional Black Caucus Gives Lessons in Educational Funding."  Black Issues in Higher Education. v13 n19, p12-13. Nov 14 1996. Available in Main Stacks at 370.1905 BL and online to U of I affiliates through Academic Search Premier (Ebsco).
In the News	December 15, 2005: "Congressional Black Caucus Holds Emergency Meeting With FEMA Director to Guarantee Housing for Hurricane Katrina Evacuees." (Click here for the web-based article) December 15, 2005: "The Congressional Black Caucus Urges Immediate Action Be Taken to End the Genocide in Darfur." (Click here for the web-based article) December 2, 2005: "November Jobless Rate for African Americans a Miserable 10.6 Percent." (Click here for the web-based article) November 3, 2005: "Congressional Black Caucus Introduces Hurricane Katrina Relief Legislation to Help Gulf Coast Residents." (Click here for the web-based article)