During these years, neither the president nor the vice president was elected by the people.
During these years, neither the president nor the vice president was elected by the people.
1961
Elvis
18 years old
It took five years for the black death to kill 25 million people.
The President of Argentina is elected by popular vote every 4 years.
While the fact that President Obama is black was certainly noteworthy and undoubtedly brought out more minority voters, more than 40% of the votes came from white people, and a large number of his voters were young people. Some reasons he won in such a convincing fashion included his being an eloquent and dynamic speaker, being a youthful candidate with new ideas, and being a departure from the previous eight years of President Bush. But even his political opponents acknowledged that electing a black president was something special in American history.
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was the first black South African President and fought to stop racism. He was imprisoned in 1962, convicted of sabotage and conspiracy to overthrow the government. He served 27 years in prison, released in 1990 and went on to become president of South Africa. He brought the plight of the black people from South Africa to light by being imprisoned for fighting apartheid, which divided black and white people in South Africa and kept them separate. The black people where 2nd class citizens in their own country to that of the white people. Mandela, together with the African National Congress, (which Mandela was president of) eventually broke apartheid. He died on December 5, 2013.
35 years old at least
No. Many black people have been presidents of several countries many years before Obama. Most notably African countries. We know that African and former colonial nations like Haiti have Black presidents. I believe the question referred to the USA. And in this case, yes, Obama is the 1st US Black president. Or better said, he is the first gentleman of "color" to be the US President. I say that because it's clear he at least 1/2 African & 1/2 Caucasian. Generally speaking, many people who have a mixed heritage as does Mr. Obama, and have dark skin, consider themselves a "Black".
Robert Kennedy said that in 1968 Robert Kennedy said that in 1968