<div class="jwplayer"><!-- wp:shortcode -->[jwp-video n="1"]<!-- /wp:shortcode --></div><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Photographs of the first Congressional Black Caucus, in 1971, show a group of 12 men and one woman. Back then, it was a small club, and yet its message was huge: These 13 legislators, standing on the steps of the Capitol, had claimed their rightful place in Washington. Congress would never look the same. Part 1 of Roll Call's series examines the trials and triumphs of the CBC's early years.ü</span></p><div id="cqrcPostAdditional"></div>
