The 44th president is the first African American is, Barak Obama.
Jesse Jackson ran for president in 1988.
It was Barack Obama.
the last woman that ran for president was African American
Barack Obama
There has never been an African American Presidential candidate from either major political party in the US.
Barack Obama
Shirley Chisholm
1960 Clennon Washington King, Jr. ran for President representing the Afro-American party
Hes is the only African American to win the primary to run for president, however Jesse Jackson ran in 1984 and in 1988 and Al Sharpton and Carol Braun Mosley ran in 2004.
Shirley Chisholm was the African American who tried to become President of the United States in 1972. She did not win the Democratic nomination that she needed to get on the ballot.
I am from Indianapolis, Indiana home of Frank R. Beckwith and when I first typed in the question "who was the first African American to run for the President of the United States his name was not listed. Mr. Beckwith ran against Richard Nixon.
Four people ran for president during the presidential election in the year 2008 Who were they? 44 people ran for president in 2008, unless this question is for second graders.