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Andrew T. Hatcher, associate White House press secretary, the first black man to hold the No. 2 communications spot in the White House, behind his longtime political compatriot, Pierre Salinger.
May 18, 2018 · Stacey Abrams is running for governor in Georgia. If elected, she would be the first black woman to serve as governor in the country, and only the third black governor elected in the 50 states ...
Aug 23, 2019 · In November, nine black Democrats were newly elected to Congress, and none represents a heavily black district. 7 Three of the members — New York’s Antonio Delgado, Georgia’s Lucy McBath and ...
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History. Politics in the United States African-American politics has a long, complex, and frequently painful history in the United States. By definition slaves were noncitizens, outside of the political process. Yet slaves contrived in various ways to fashion a political role for themselves.
Apr 15, 2020 · Sherman signed Field Order 15 and allocated 400,000 acres of confiscated Confederate land to Black families. Additionally, some families were to receive mules left over from the war, hence 40 ...
Oct 29, 2009 · Sojourner Truth (1797-1883) was an African American evangelist, abolitionist, women’s rights activist, author who was born into slavery. After escaping to freedom in 1826, Truth traveled the ...
Oct 16, 2020 · He had a young Black man facing sentencing. He had me, a Black public defender, and a Black prosecutor. The judge himself was African American. And he looks at Brandon and he said, "Son, Mr ...
