Charles C. Diggs Jr. was born on December 2, 1922, in Detroit, Michigan. He became the first African American elected to Congress from Michigan, serving from 1955 to 1980. A passionate advocate for civil rights and African liberation, Diggs was also the founding chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus in 1971. He used his position to highlight racial injustice both in the United States and abroad, especially apartheid in South Africa.
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