"Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Salutes President-Elect Barack Obama
CBCF President Hails the Senator’s Historic Election and His Legacy of Public Service
WASHINGTON – The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. (CBCF) salutes Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, the nation’s only black member of the U.S. Senate and a member of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), on his becoming president-elect of the United States.
“We congratulate Senator Obama for succeeding in his bid to become the country’s 44th president and the nation’s first black chief executive,” said Elsie L. Scott, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer for CBCF. “This is a proud moment for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and the Congressional Black Caucus"
http://www.cbcfinc.org/Newsroom/obama_victory.htmlThis comes to mind,
Black Caucus: Whites Not Allowed
>As a white liberal running in a majority African American district, Tennessee Democrat Stephen I. Cohen made a novel pledge on the campaign trail last year: If elected, he would seek to become the first white member of the Congressional Black Caucus.
Now that he's a freshman in Congress, Cohen has changed his plans. He said he has dropped his bid after several current and former caucus members made it clear to him that whites need not apply.
"I think they're real happy I'm not going to join," said Cohen, who succeeded Rep. Harold Ford, D-Tenn., in the Memphis district. "It's their caucus and they do things their way.