The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) convened in the nation's capital for its 28th annual legislative conference. The Caucus gathered under the theme "Tools for 2000: Honoring our Past; Preparing our Future."
The focus of this year's conference was on issues that continue to drastically affect African-Americans. The issues included AIDS, Black farmers, education, Africa and the Caribbean, capital formation, the census, social security, welfare to work, affirmative action and ...