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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MichiganCharles Coles DIGGS, Jr.
(1922-1998)
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 George’s County, Md.; died August 24,
1998, in Washington, D.C.
Bibliography
”Charles 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.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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