Indiana Black Legislative Caucus

By drafting and sponsoring legislation to address constituent needs and by examining all bills that affect the minority populace, the Caucus acts as a legislative body on behalf of the minority community.

The Caucus presents a minority perspective from the entire state to the Legislature and advocates public policies that promote minority social, cultural and economic progress, statewide.

In addition, the Caucus serves as a research study group to generate pertinent data in support of appropriate public policies.

List of officers:[1] The first African-American man elected to the Indiana House of Representatives was James Sidney Hinton in 1880.

Daisy Riley Lloyd became the first African-American woman in the House in 1965, and Julia Carson and Katie Hall became the first in the Senate in 1977.