Probably Tubby Smith, basketball coach at UGA.
In 1928 African American voters in Chicago helped elect Oscar Depriest. He was the first African American representative to congress from a northern state.
Condoleezza Rice was the first African American woman to be Secretary of State.
Colin powell was the first African American to serve the US secretary of State
the are approx 963 african american in state of vermont
TN
Colin Powell is african-american and the 65th secretary of state put in the position of preceding.
She was Condelezza Rice.
African-Americans who were prepared to establish a separate African-American state
David Patterson was the first African-American Lieutenant Governor of New York State. Upon the resignation of Eliot Spitzer, he became the first African-American Governor of New York State.
You are probably asking about Eric H. Holder, who was appointed to the position of U.S. Attorney General by President Barack Obama in 2009. However, if you are asking about the states, rather than the federal level, one of the first African-American attorneys general of a state is Kamala D. Harris: she was sworn in as the 32nd Attorney General of the State of California in 2011, becoming the first African-American (as well as the first woman).
The cast of State of the African American Union - 2008 includes: Lia Johnson as herself Nefetari Spencer as herself Michael When as himself