Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The United States House of Representatives has had 131 elected and appointed African-American members. The House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral United States Congress, which is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. The US Census Bureau defines African Americans as citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa. The term is generally used for Americans with at least partial ancestry in any of the original peoples of Sub-Saharan Africa. During the founding of the federal government, African Americans were consigned to a status of second-class citizenship or enslaved in America. No African American served in federal elective office before the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1870, which prohibits the federal government and state governments from denying any citizen the right to vote because of that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude.Many African-American members of the House of Representatives serve majority-minority districts. These congressional districts are gerrymandered, limit serious challenges to their re-election, and limit their abilities to represent a larger, more diverse constituency. Only 27 out of all 50 states have sent a representative of African descent to the U.S. House (excluding the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia); the earliest is South Carolina in 1870, and the most recent is Utah in 2015. Out of all 131 elected or appointed members of African descent, 34 have been women. 15 states have sent African-American women to the U.S. House, the earliest being New York in 1969 and the most recent being New Jersey and Utah in 2015. The current 114th Congress has a record 46 African-American Representatives or Delegates, including 20 African-American women."@en }
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- List_of_African-American_United_States_Representatives abstract "The United States House of Representatives has had 131 elected and appointed African-American members. The House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral United States Congress, which is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. The US Census Bureau defines African Americans as citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa. The term is generally used for Americans with at least partial ancestry in any of the original peoples of Sub-Saharan Africa. During the founding of the federal government, African Americans were consigned to a status of second-class citizenship or enslaved in America. No African American served in federal elective office before the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1870, which prohibits the federal government and state governments from denying any citizen the right to vote because of that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude.Many African-American members of the House of Representatives serve majority-minority districts. These congressional districts are gerrymandered, limit serious challenges to their re-election, and limit their abilities to represent a larger, more diverse constituency. Only 27 out of all 50 states have sent a representative of African descent to the U.S. House (excluding the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia); the earliest is South Carolina in 1870, and the most recent is Utah in 2015. Out of all 131 elected or appointed members of African descent, 34 have been women. 15 states have sent African-American women to the U.S. House, the earliest being New York in 1969 and the most recent being New Jersey and Utah in 2015. The current 114th Congress has a record 46 African-American Representatives or Delegates, including 20 African-American women.".
- Q11722348 abstract "The United States House of Representatives has had 131 elected and appointed African-American members. The House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral United States Congress, which is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. The US Census Bureau defines African Americans as citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa. The term is generally used for Americans with at least partial ancestry in any of the original peoples of Sub-Saharan Africa. During the founding of the federal government, African Americans were consigned to a status of second-class citizenship or enslaved in America. No African American served in federal elective office before the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1870, which prohibits the federal government and state governments from denying any citizen the right to vote because of that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude.Many African-American members of the House of Representatives serve majority-minority districts. These congressional districts are gerrymandered, limit serious challenges to their re-election, and limit their abilities to represent a larger, more diverse constituency. Only 27 out of all 50 states have sent a representative of African descent to the U.S. House (excluding the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia); the earliest is South Carolina in 1870, and the most recent is Utah in 2015. Out of all 131 elected or appointed members of African descent, 34 have been women. 15 states have sent African-American women to the U.S. House, the earliest being New York in 1969 and the most recent being New Jersey and Utah in 2015. The current 114th Congress has a record 46 African-American Representatives or Delegates, including 20 African-American women.".