The Congressinal Black Caucus

1. The Black Caucus is an organization made by the Afrikan-Americans in the office of congress. The Afrikan-Americans in the group are not all pure blacks. Some of them are mixed with many other types of ethnicities. The caucus started in 1969 but it was named the Congressional Black Caucus in 1971. There were 13 founders, including Shirley Chisholm, Bill Clay Sr., George W. Collins, and John Conyers.

2. The Black Caucus now holds 42 members. There are many blacks in office, but less in the office of Congress. Only Congress members can become a member of the organization. You can't be part of the senate and join either. The current chair of the group is Barbara Lee. There are no White members in the caucus because it it's rules are that you have to be a certain race.

3. The meeting that Obama had was not a reunion and most likely not friendly. Obama's meeting with the caucus was about the cuts they had in their organization. The group had billions less on certain purposes than their original stimulus bill. They also addressed issues that the caucus would like to see Obama talk about. The meeting was his first and they had it at the White House.

4. The caucus want Obama to hire more minorities to federal jobs and help minority jobs get government contracts. They wanted him to create health care for the minorities. They wanted him to improve the education in communities that get low incomes. Most of the issues effect minorities and their health.

5. I think Obama will have the type of relationship with the caucus in which he has many meetings with them throughout his term. I think he will try to address the issues that come up in their meetings as much as possible. Since he was once part of the caucus, I believe they will agree on more topics than the caucus did with George Bush.