{"id":4889,"date":"2026-02-22T04:12:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T12:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/is-the-congressional-black-caucus-still-relevant-growing-community-frustration\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T04:12:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T12:12:24","slug":"is-the-congressional-black-caucus-still-relevant-growing-community-frustration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/is-the-congressional-black-caucus-still-relevant-growing-community-frustration\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Congressional Black Caucus Still Relevant? Growing Community Frustration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lZot6qrNi9E\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1971, the Congressional Black Caucus was created to advocate for Black Americans in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>But today, some members of the community are asking tough questions:<\/p>\n<p>Has the caucus become too aligned with party politics?<\/p>\n<p>Are they delivering measurable results?<\/p>\n<p>Why do some voters feel unheard or underserved?<\/p>\n<p>What legislative wins can they point to?<\/p>\n<p>In this video, we break down:<br \/>\n\u2022 The history and mission of the CBC<br \/>\n\u2022 Major policy initiatives over the years<br \/>\n\u2022 Criticisms from within the community<br \/>\n\u2022 Whether the caucus still holds political influence in 2026<\/p>\n<p>This is a policy-focused discussion about representation, accountability, and political strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Share your perspective respectfully below.<\/p>\n<p>#CongressionalBlackCaucus #BlackPolitics #WashingtonDC #USPolitics #PoliticalRepresentation #CommunityDebate #CBC #PolicyDiscussion #Election2026<\/p>\n<p>Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https:\/\/streamyard.com\/pal\/d\/5759717953503232<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founded in 1971, the Congressional Black Caucus was created to advocate for Black Americans in Congress. But today,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/hqdefault-235.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}