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[[Right-hand page of a two-page spread - five images of awardee from the event]] [[Headline - second half of the page-jump headline]] THE CAUCUS [[text]] When Congressman Louis Stokes came to the helm as the Caucus' second chairman, he made an announcement in July, 1973 in which he stated: "If we are going to make a meaningful contribution to minority citizens in this country, then it must be as legislators. This is the area in which we possess expertise - and it is within the halls of Congress that we must make this expertise felt . . ." With the realization that a crucial ingredient for effective legislation is research, Stokes directed the Caucus to make us of the data collected at the hearings by drafting a syn- thesis of information that would be fed regularly to the body as a whole. The data would assist in decision-making, bill introduce- tion an sponsorship and other legislative tasks. The current chairman, Charles B. Rangel, has moved one step further by directing the Caucus and its staff to establish a set of legislative priorities. Understandably, there are a myriad off issues of concern to the Caucus members' constituents, the national Black community, and organizations across the country working in the interests of the poor and disadvantaged. With data secured from all three sources, the Caucus has selected those areas of commonality as its legislative agenda. These issues are being incorporated into the Caucus legislative action calendar, a document that gives the Caucus, its staff, and the general public a sense of their direction. [[text at base of one of the images]] Watch for the 5th Annual Black Caucus Dinner in September, 1975 [[caption associated with bottom three images]] MRS. MEDGAR EVERS, MRS. MALCOLM X, MS. DOROTHY HAIGHT