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There were 8,936 Black officeholders in the United States in 2000, showing a net increase of 7,467 since 1970. In 2001 there were 484 Black mayors. [220] The 39 African-American members of Congress form the Congressional Black Caucus, which serves as a political bloc for issues relating to African Americans.
First African-American Democratic U.S. senator to represent a former Confederate state in the United States Senate: Raphael Warnock, elected in Georgia. [353] [354] [355] First African-American United States Secretary of Defense: Lloyd Austin [356] First full-time female African-American NFL coach: Jennifer King (Washington Commanders). [357]
August 14 – A lynch mob moves through Springfield, Illinois burning the homes and businesses of black people and black sympathisers, killing many. [citation needed] 1910. May 30 – The National Negro Committee chooses "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People" as its organization name. [citation needed]
As the Civil War was ending, the major issues facing President Abraham Lincoln were the status of the ex-slaves (called "Freedmen"), the loyalty and civil rights of ex-rebels, the status of the 11 ex-Confederate states, the powers of the federal government needed to prevent a future civil war, and the question of whether Congress or the President would make the major decisions.
Kamala Harris is the highest-ranking black person to serve in a Cabinet as Vice President of the United States. Colin Powell (left) and Condoleezza Rice (right) are the highest-ranking black Jamaican-American and Black-American to lead the Federal Executive Department ; each held the post of Secretary of State .
When did the first Black people come to Rhode Island? By the 1680 Colonial census ... USA TODAY. Ford reveals first special edition of its Mustang GTD supercar, starting at $325,000.
There were 8,936 Black officeholders in the United States in 2000, showing a net increase of 7,467 since 1970. In 2001, there were 484 Black mayors. [89] In 2005, the number of Africans immigrating to the United States, in a single year, surpassed the peak number who were involuntarily brought to the United States during the Atlantic slave ...
Black and White residents picket on Congress Avenue to protest segregation in Austin in 1960. During the Jim Crow era, Black people in the South were subject to multiple forms of state-sponsored ...