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Film, Video A New Challenge to the Congressional Black Caucus

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Title

  • A New Challenge to the Congressional Black Caucus

Summary

  • What did Ossie Davis envision in 1971 when he proclaimed to the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) that "it's not the man, it's the plan"? In a special forum at the Library of Congress, Congressman Major Owens hosted a distinguished panel of U.S. representatives and political scientists in a discussion of his book, "The Peacock Elite: A Subjective Case Study of the Congressional Black Caucus and Its Impact on National Politics." The panel included U.S. Rep. Maxine Walters, a current member of CBC; two former members of CBC, Oakland Mayor Ronald Dellums and attorney Louis Stokes; Ronald Waters, author and University of Maryland professor; and Michael Eric Dyson, author and Georgetown University professor. Owens challenged the CBC to establish a national African American action agenda, stating "We must act now or our middle class will be shoved to the margins, while the Black masses are driven downward into a permanent underclass." Owens also challenged the CBC to assume greater leadership responsibility for the African diaspora.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2007-10-01.

Headings

  • -  African American History
  • -  Government, Law
  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Government, World Affairs

Notes

  • -  Classification: General Works.
  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Classification: Political Science.
  • -  Major Owens.
  • -  Recorded on 2007-10-01.
  • -  Researchers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021687885

Online Format

  • video
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. A New Challenge to the Congressional Black Caucus. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -10-01, 2007. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687885/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & John W. Kluge Center, S. B. (2007) A New Challenge to the Congressional Black Caucus. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -10-01. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687885/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. A New Challenge to the Congressional Black Caucus. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -10-01, 2007. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021687885/>.