politics and political leaders Flashcards
Who was the first Black woman to be elected to the U.S House of Representatives in 1968?
Shirley Chisholm
Who was the first African American elected to the United States Congress, but was never seated?
John Willis Menard of Louisiana
Who was the first African American Representative from New York that proposed 50 different bills embodying the early concepts of equal opportunity and affirmative action and saw each of them becoming a law ?
Adam Clayton Powell
In 1988, who received 8 million votes for the presidency of the United States ?
Jesse Lewis Jackson
Who was the first Black elected to any public office in America during slavery and U.S. Congress after the civil war ?
John Mercer Langston, Brownhelm, Ohio, 1855
African American political activists were abandoned by the Republican Party and rejected by the Democratic Party in the 1890’s which led to the formation of what party?
The populist party
Who are Thomas Bradley, Harold Washington and Coleman Young?
First black mayors of major U.S. cities
President Benjamin Harrison appointed what man as Minister Resident and consulate general to the republic of Haiti ?
Fredrick Douglas
Who was appointed commissioner and u.s. equal employment opportunity commission by president Ronald Reagan in 1982 ?
Clarence Thomas
What is the name of the most important political African American group operating the national level?
The congressional black caucus
Who was the first African American woman elected to the US senate?
Carolyn Moseley Braun
Who was the first black woman to be elected state representative in bexar county ?
Mrs.lou nelle sutton
What republican was the first black person elected to the US senate ?
Hiram revels; Mississippi
How many years did thurgood Marshall serve on the Supreme Court?
24 years
Who became the first African- America US Secretary of State ?
Colin L. Powell
