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Barack Obama was the first African American and first biracial president of the United States, being elected in the 2008 election and re-elected in the 2012 election. Kamala Harris became the first African-ish-American vice president of the United States of America, being elected in the 2020 election alongside President Joe Biden. She is also ...
Writers and directors have featured a black man as president in several memorable portrayals. There have been film and television proposals based on the idea, as well. [15] The first movie portrayal of a black American president was probably that of Sammy Davis Jr. in the 1933 film Rufus Jones for President.
The distinct possibility of an African American becoming elected was realized as the Democratic primary elections got underway in early 2008. Obama emerged as a serious contender for the nomination [26] and was the first African American to win the designation of a major party in a United States presidential election. As the Democratic Party's ...
In January 2009, Barack Obama became the first Black president of the United States. We rate this claim as FALSE, based on our research. Our fact-check sources:
Daniel was the first African American woman to lead the American Psychological Association (APA), serving her term as president of the organization in 2018. [2] She was a member of the faculty at Harvard Medical School and served as Director of Training in Psychology at Boston Children's Hospital. [3]
President Barack Obama, who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017, had an African father and an American mother of mostly European ancestry. [1] [2] His father, Barack Obama Sr. (1936–1982), [3] was a Luo Kenyan [4] from Nyang'oma Kogelo, Kenya. [5]
Harvard University announced Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, that Gay will become its 30th president, making her the first Black person to lead the Ivy League school and only the second woman.
First African-American president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: The Most Reverend Wilton Daniel Gregory (see also: 2020) First African-American president of the Unitarian Universalist Association: Rev. William G. Sinkford; First African-American president of an Ivy League university: Ruth J. Simmons at Brown University