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Who served as the first African American to serve as a U.S. Cabinet member?
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Who was the first African American presidential cabinet member?
condalisa rice serving under george w bush sorry but you are actually wrong, she was the second and the first was roberta harris in 1896 so get your facts straight Both answers are incorrect. Patricia Roberts Harris was the first African- American woman to serve in a president's cabinet. She served as Sec. of Housing and Urban Development under President Carter in 1977, then as Secretary of Health Education & Welfare in 1979 and remained as sec after the department was renamed the Dept of Health and Human Services in 1980. She served until Carter left office in 1981.
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Free African American from Pennsylvania who server for Union. Free African American from Pennsylvania who served for Union.
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No. He was a Confederate officer and member of the Klan. He killed 300 African Americans in 1864. Union officer Shaw did have African Americans in his 54 regimen. Many African Americans served in all the wars the US has been involved in.
