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1954 Press Photo Charles C. Diggs, Junior, a Democrat, with Wife from Michigan

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Charles C. Diggs, Junior, a Democrat, gets an admiring look from his wife after returns indicated he had been elected to Congress from the 13th district of Michigan. A state senator and member of an undertaking firm, Diggs is the first African American to be sent to Congress from the state.

Photo is dated 1954.

Photo measures 8.25 x 10 inches.
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