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Robert C. Weaver became the first Black-American to serve in a president's cabinet when he was appointed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966. [4] Patricia Roberts Harris was the first black woman to serve in a presidential cabinet when she was named to the same position by President Jimmy Carter in ...
Pages in category "African-American members of the Cabinet of the United States" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Black Cabinet was an unofficial group of African-American advisors to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. African-American federal employees in the executive branch formed an unofficial Federal Council of Negro Affairs to try to influence federal policy on race issues.
The six Black members of President Joe Biden's Cabinet are meeting for a Black History Month event Thursday highlighting their roles in the administration, some of which are historic firsts.
Alexander Lucius Twilight was an American educator, politician, and minister. He was the first African American to earn a college degree from an American College at Middlebury College in 1823. He is the first African American elected to serve in a state legislature, the Vermont House of Representatives in 1836.
Obama became the first Black president in American history after winning the 2008 election race against John McCain. While in office, he earned a Nobel Peace Prize, worked to limit climate change ...
African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era; African-American officeholders in the United States, 1789–1866; List of African-American statewide elected officials; List of minority attorneys general in the United States; National Black Caucus of State Legislators; List of African-American Republicans
African-American members of the Cabinet of the United States (1 C, 37 P) Members of the Cabinet of the United States of Asian descent (2 C, 3 P) Hispanic and Latino American members of the Cabinet of the United States (22 P)