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The '''Kansas African American Legislative Caucus,''' (formerly known as the '''Kansas Black Legislative Caucus'''), is an American political and educational [[organization]]. The [[Caucus]] is composed of seven [[African Americans]] elected to the [[Kansas Legislature]].

==History==
The Caucus was organized in March 1975 to foster greater participation of minority groups in the political process and enhance their awareness of critical political issues. Founding members of the Caucus include: Representatives Norman E. Justice, Clarence C. Love, Theo Cribbs, [[Eugene Anderson (Kansas politician)|Eugene Anderson]], and William K. Marshall, and Senator [[Billy Q. McCray]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spencer.lib.ku.edu/exhibits/afamlegislators/caucus.html|title=The Kansas Legislative Black Caucus|publisher=University of Kansas Libraries|accessdate=2008-05-03}}</ref>

==Current membership==
{{Update|date=August 2024|reason=Current list of officeholders is from 2008}}
List of officers:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kaaac.org/legislation.php |title=LEGISLATION |publisher=Kansas African American Affairs Commission |accessdate=2008-05-03 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080331115200/http://kaaac.org/legislation.php |archivedate=2008-03-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! District
! Officers
! Position
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|Dist. 89 
|Rep. [[Roderick Houston]]
 Chair
| Secretary
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|Dist. 44
|Rep. [[Barbara Ballard]]
| Treasurer
|}

===Members===
*Kansas State Sen. [[Oletha Faust-Goudeau]] (D-Wichita)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/13872647.html|title=Democratic Legislators Back Obama|publisher=O|accessdate=2008-05-03|archive-date=2008-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607072216/http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/13872647.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Kansas State Sen. [[David Haley]] (D-Kansas City)
*Kansas State Rep. [[Barbara Ballard]] (D-Lawrence)
*Kansas State Rep. [[Gail Finney]] (D-Wichita)
*Kansas State Rep. [[Broderick Henderson]] (D-Kansas City)
*Kansas State Rep. [[Roderick Houston]] (D-Wichita)
*Kansas State Rep. [[Valdenia Winn]] (D-Kansas City)
*Kansas State Rep. [[Ford Carr]] (D-Wichita)

==See also==
* [[History of African Americans in Kansas]]

==Notes==
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[[Category:African-American history of Kansas]]
[[Category:Kansas Legislature]]
[[Category:State Legislative Black Caucuses]]
[[Category:African-American state legislators in Kansas| ]]
[[Category:1975 establishments in Kansas]]