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<b>Library Journal 5/15/2009 issue -- Special Featured Article by Jim Church Looking Back, Moving On: 2008 Best Notable Government Documents </b> Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007. Committee on House Administration and the Office of History and Preservation of the U.S. House of Representatives. http: //purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS106070. 2008. 803p. illus. SuDoc # Y 1.1/2: SERIAL 14904. GPO Stock # 052-070-07519-8. $54. Written for a general sudience, these profiles of each of the 121 African American members of Congress outline their history and career. Divided into four time periods, contextual essays help explain the majoyr events in congressional and U.S. history. With extensive appendixes, a comprehensibe index, and statistical graphs and charts.

The following review of Black Americans appeared in the January 2009 edition of the American Political Science Association Legislative Studies Section Newsletter Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on House Administration, U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008, ISBN 9780160801945, $54.00, paperback, 803 pages w/illustrations.This beautifully prepared volume provides a plethora of information about African-Americans who have served in the Congress. Part I provides four chronologically organized chapters under the heading Former Black Members of Congress. Each chapter provides a lengthy biographical sketch of the members who served during the period addressed, along with a narrative historical account of the era and tables of information about the Congress during that time. Part II provides similar information about current African-American members. There are 10 appendixes providing tabular information of a variety of sorts about the ser

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