Five members of the Congressional Black Caucus, a prominent African-American entertainer, and two African-American alums of Williams are coming to campus in a week for an event almost exactly one year after last fall’s CBC Roundtable.

The Participants are:

• Andre Carson, the youngest Democratic member of the House and the second Muslim to serve in Congress, after Keith Ellison. He previously worked for the Indiana Department of Homeland Security.
• John Conyers, the second longest serving incumbent Congressman, and is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.
• Danny Davis, a member of Congress since 1996, who also has the dubious honor of being considered by Rob Blagojevich as a possible replacement for President Obama. Bernard Moore, the event’s initiator, is a Senior Policy Adviser for Congressman Davis.
• Barbara Lee, a member of Congress since 1998, is the current Chair of the CBC, and was the only Member of Congress to vote against the Authorization of Force after the September 11th attacks.
• Diane Watson, who joined Congress in 2001 after a long time in California’s State Senate and a brief Ambassadorship.
• Bill Cosby needs no introduction.
• Wole Coaxum ‘92 is a Senior Vice President at JPMorgan Chase.
• William Spriggs ‘77 is Chair of Economics at Howard University and Assistant Secretary for Policy at the Department of Labor.

Video of last fall’s event is here.