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[[continued from previous page]] Dinner 

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WATCH FOR TH 5th ANNUAL BLACK CAUCUS DINNER

CONGRESSWOMAN SHIRLEY CHISHOLM, 12th DISTRICT, NEW YORK - As a serious contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972, Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm has a reputation as one of the most independent-minded members of the United States Congress. Elected to the 91st Congress, representing New York's Twelfth Congressional District, Mrs. Chisholm became the first Black Congresswoman in the history of the Untied States.

CONGRESSMAN RALPH H. METCALFE, 1st DISTRICT, ILLINOIS - Former Olympic track star Ralph H. Metcalfe was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1970 following an active political career in Chicago.

CONGRESSWOMAN CARDISS COLLINS, 7th DISTRICT, ILLINOIS - Like many ambitious wives, Mrs. Cardiss Collins was immensely involved in her late husband's career as a United States Congressman. When a tragic accident took his life, she immediately qualified as a viable candidate to succeed him.

CONGRESSMAN CHARLES B. RANGEL, 18th DISTRICT, NEW YORK - In 1961, a year after he graduated as a dean's list student from St. John's Law School and was admitted to the New York Bar, Congressman Charles B. Rangel was appointed Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern New York District. In 1970, after two years on the New York State Assembly, Rangel was elected to the United State House of Representatives for the 18th district which encompasses central Harlem in New York City.

CONGRESSMAN JOHN CONYERS JR., 1st DISTRICT MICHIGAN - John Conyers, Jr., a fifth term Congressman from the First District in Michigan, most recently garnered national prominence when he unsuccessfully challenged the Majority Leader Carl Albert for the post of Speaker of the House.

CONGRESSMAN AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS, 21st DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA - In 1962, Congressman Augustus F. Hawkins was elected to represent the 21st District of California in the House of Representatives. In 1970, he was re-elected to his fifth term with the highest percentage of votes attained by any opposed candidate in that election. A member of the House Committee on Education and Labor and the Committee on House Administration, he was co-sponsored several bills including the Economic Opportunity Act, the Vocational Americans Act, and the Equal Employment Opportunity section of the 1965 Civil Rights Act.  

CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM L. CLAY, 1st DISTRICT, MISSOURI - As treasurer and dinner committee chairman for the Congressional Black Caucus, Representative William L. Clay has worked diligently to assure the organizational stability of the caucus since its inception. 

CONGRESSWOMAN YVONNE BRAITHWAITE BURKE, 37th DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA - Attorney and former California State Assemblywoman, Yvonne Braithwaite Burke became the first Black woman from California ever to be elected to the House of Representatives on Election Day last November. Serving in the 27th District in her hometown of Los Angeles, Congresswoman Burke worked in the state legislature six years prior to her election to Congress.