AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN U.S. POLITICS
As Barack Obama becomes the first
African-American president of the
United States, a look at other firsts for
U.S. blacks in politics and law:
Breaking
barriers
African
American
firsts
2009
Barack
Obama
President of the
United States
2001
Colin
Powell
Secretary
of state
2001
Condoleezza
Rice
Female
National
security
advisor
ftnrifi
2000
Donna
Brazil*
Manager of a
presidential
campaign
1992
Carol
Moseley
Braun
Female U.S.
senator (III.)
1989
Colin
Powell
Chairman
of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff
1989
L. Douglas
Wilder
Elected
governor of a
state (Va.)
1968
Shirley
Chisholm
First female U.S.
representative
1967
Thurgood
Marshall
Justice of th<
Supreme
Court
1967
Carl
Stokes
Mayor of a
large city
(Cleveland)
1966
Edward
Brooke
U.S. senator elected
since Reconstwction
4Mass)
1977
Clifford
Alexander
Jr.
Secretary
of the Army
1966
Robert C.
Weaver
Cabinet
secretary
(HUD')
1977
Patricia
Harris
Female Cabinet
secretary
(HUD')
1960
Andrew
Hatcher.
Assistant
presidential
press secretary
1955
E. Frederic
Morrow
Hold an executive
position on a
president's staff
1944
Harry S.
McAlpin
Reporter to attend
White House
press conference
1926 ~
Violette N.
Anderson
Female lawyer admitted
to practice before U.S.
Supreme Court
1911
William Henry
Lewis
Appointed to
a sub-Cabinet
post
1872
Charlotte
Ray
Female lawyer
. allowed to practice
in Washington, D.C.
1871
J?ff?rson
Franklin Long
Speak in House of
Representatives as a
congressman (Qa.)
1870
Joseph
Ralney
U.S.
' representative
(SC.)
1970
Hiram
Rhoades
Revels
U.S. senator
(Miss.)
1865
Rev. Henry
Highland
Garnet
Give a speech in
the U. S. Capitol
1865
J.S.
Rock
Lawyer admitted to
practice before U.S.
Supreme Court
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