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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
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.
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 Rev. Al Sharpton criticized President-elect Trump for lacking Black Cabinet or high-level administration appointees thus far. “In the two weeks since Donald Trump was elected to a second ...
The director of the Central Intelligence Agency was first elevated to Cabinet-level status by Trump in February 2017, during his first administration. This ended with the beginning of the Biden administration. [49] In July 2023, the D/CIA was once again elevated to Cabinet-level status by the Biden administration. [50]
Members of Franklin D. Roosevelt's informal Black Cabinet. Pages in category "Black Cabinet" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
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