The House of Diggs: The Rise and Fall of America's most consequential Black Congressman, Charles C. Diggs Jr. Talking with author, Professor Marion Orr.

Congressman Charles C. Diggs Jr. was the founding Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus and the first African American elected to Congress from Michigan in 1954. He was notable for his quiet, effective leadership . He was the personification of the shift in black politics from protest to elections.