How the Congressional Black Caucus boycotted President Nixon’s State of the Union Address in 1971
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The Congressional Black Caucus made screaming headlines in 1971 when it boycotted President Richard M. Nixon’s State of Union Address. It was the first public boycott of the State of the Union Address by members of Congress; a defiance that came about as a result of the President’s deliberate refusal to meet the representatives to...
