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DIGGS, Charles Coles, Jr., a Representative from Michigan; born in Detroit, Wayne County,
Mich., December 2, 1922; attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.,
1940-1942; atteneded Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., 1942; United States
Army, 1943-1945; graduated from Wayne College of Mortuary Science, Detroit,
Mich., 1946; licensed mortician and board chairman of the House of Diggs, Inc.;
attended Detroit College of Law, 1950; member of the Michigan state senate,
1951-1954; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth Congress, reelected to
the twelve succeeding Congresses and served until his resignation June 3, 1980
(January 3, 1955-June 3, 1980); censured by the Ninety-sixth Congress pursuant
to H. Res. 378 on July 31, 1979; chairman, Committee on District of Columbia
(Ninety-third through Ninety-fifth Congresses); founder and first chairman of
the Congressional Black Caucus, 1969-1971; operated a funeral home business in
Prince Georges County, Md.; died August 24, 1998, in Washington, D.C.
BibliographyCharles Coles Diggs, Jr. in
Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007. Prepared under the
direction of the Committee on House Administration by the Office of History
& Preservation, U. S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government
Printing Office, 2008; DuBose, Carolyn.
The Untold Story of Charles Diggs: The Public Figure, The Private
Man. Arlington, VA: Barton Publishing House, Inc.,
1988.
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