Cleo Fields

I rise today to express a shameful condition, that condition is the Court's consistent attack on the 1965 Voting Rights Act. But what is more shameful than that, is the inaction of the U.S. Department of Justice. It appears that the…

I rise tonight to address an issue that is very important to the integrity of our institution of Government. The 1965 Voting Rights Act signaled the advent of change in our Nation, change that was to reform our representative bodies. But…

So before the election of this one African- American, who I assume is Carol Moseley-Braun whom the gentleman was referring to, prior to her election were there any African Americans since Reconstruction in the U.S. Senate?

So, of the 535 Members of the U.S. Congress, which would include the House and the Senate, is the gentleman telling me there are only 40 African-American Members in the entire U.S. Congress today?