African American Politics and Military Study Flashcards
To not fail this next African American Test.
Who was the first African American to pass the bar exam,
becoming the first black lawyer in Ohio's history?
Later, he was elected as town clerk in Brownhelm, Ohio,
becoming one of the first African Americans to achieve elected
office in the United States.
John Mercer Langston
Who made history when she ran for the U.S. presidency in
1972? Not only was she the first African-American presidential
candidate in a major political party, but she was the very first
female presidential candidate.
Shirley Chisholm
Who was the Black mayor of San Antonio in 1809, before
slavery was abolished and while Texas was still a part of
Mexico?
Victor Blanco
Who became the first Black person to speak in the House of
Representatives as a congressman in 1871?
Jefferson Franklin Long
Who was the Black security guard who discovered President
Nixon’s cover-up, which later caused his resignation as
President of the United States? (Factoid: Despite his discovery,
this person struggled to find work for the rest of his life.)
Frank Wills
The African American Advisors to President Franklin D.
Roosevelt was called what?
The “Black Brain Trust.”
Who was the first African American elected to the U.S. House
of Representatives? (factoid: He was a congressman from
South Carolina was elected to that post in 1890 and enjoyed the
longest tenure of any Black during Reconstruction.)
Joseph Hayne Rainey
In 1972, President Nixon named an African American lawyer
and Baptist minister from Memphis to the Federal
Communications Commission, making him its first black
member? (factoid: From 1977 to 1993, he was the executive
director of the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People.) What is his name?
Benjamin Hooks
On November 4, 2008, who became the first African American
President of the United States?
Barack Obama
Who was the first African American to serve in the US House of
Representatives?
Joseph Hayne Rainey
In 1861, who was the first African American to serve in the
United States Senate?
Hiram Rhodes Revels
In January 1993, this African American woman was sworn in as
the freshman Senator from Illinois and the first black
woman to serve as a United States Senator?
Carol Moseley-Braun
In 1966, who was the first African American to be elected by
popular vote to the US Senate?
Edward William Brooke III
What African Americans succeeded in bringing about a cease-fire that ended the first Arab-Israeli war, and in 1950, was
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his Middle East
negotiations?
Ralph Bunche
Who was the first Black to serve as an executive assistant to a
President?
E. Frederic Morrow
In 1977, who was the first Black woman to serve in a
presidential cabinet and the first woman to hold two different
cabinet positions?
Patricia Roberts Harris
Who is believed to be one of the first African American mayors
in the United States?
Robert Wood
Who was the first African American to become mayor of a
major city and in which city?
Carl B. Stokes of Cleveland, Ohio
In 1990, who was the first black female mayor of a major city
and in which city?
Sharon Pratt Dixon Kelly of Washington
D.C.
Who was the first female African American National Security
Advisor and Secretary of State of the United States?
Condoleezza Rice
On November 28 th 2014, President Obama nominated for
the position of United States Attorney General?
She was the first African American Woman to hold this
position.
Loretta Elizabeth Lynch
Who was the first African American female state legislator in
the United States?
Crystal Bird Fauset
Who was one of the first Black women to join the Women’s
Army Corps during World War II?
Martha Settle Putney
Who, in 1770, was the first casualty of the American
Revolution when he was shot and killed in what became known
as the Boston Massacre?
Crispus Attucks
