What two African Americans ran for president?

Answer 1

1960 Clennon Washington King, Jr. ran for President representing the Afro-American party 1964 Jazz great Dizzy Gillespie ran for President 1964 Clifton DeBerry ran for President representing the Socialist Party - he ran again in 1980 1968 Charlene Mitchell ran for President as a Communist Party candidate 1968 Comedian Dick Gregory ran for President as a write-in candidate with the Freedom and Peace party 1968 Eldridge Cleaver ran for President representing the Peace and Freedom party but was ruled ineligible because of his age 1972 Shirley Chisholm (first African American Congresswoman) ran for President 1972 Water E Fauntroy (U.S. Congressman) ran for President 1980 Clifton DeBerry 1984 & 1988 Reverend Jesse Jackson (Civil Rights Activist with Martin Luther King, Jr.) ran for President 1984 & 1988 Larry Holmes was the Workers World Party candidate for President 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000 Isabell Masters ran for President as a Looking Back Party candidate 1988 Lenora Fulani (a psychologist and social activist) ran for President and was the first African American to be on the ballot in all 50 states 1992 Joan Jett Blakk (a.k.a.) Terence Smith was a Queer Nation Presidential candidate 1992 Ronald Daniels (political activist) was a Peace and Freedom party candidate for President 1992 Helen Halyard ran for President representing the Socialist Equality party 1996 & 2000 Alan Keyes (a former diplomat) ran for President 1996 & 2000 James Harris was the Socialist Workers party Presidential candidate 1996 & 2000 Monica Moorehead was a Workers World Party candidate for President 2004 Carol Moseley Braun (first African American female senator) ran for President 2004 Reverend Al Sharpton (Civil Rights Activist) ran for President 2004 John Parker was Communist Party candidate for President 2008 Elaine Brown, former chairperson of the Black Panther Party, ran for President with the Green Party 2008 Cynthia McKinney, (U.S. Congresswoman) was the Green Party's Presidential nominee 2008 Barack Hussein Obama ran for President and was elected as the first African American President

Answer 2

The first black person to run for president in the 20th century was Attorney Frank Beckwith from Indiana. He ran as a republican in the Indiana primary in the 1960 primary election. The Republican Convention that year was held in Los Angeles and Beckwith, as a favorite son of Indiana, took a major role in that convention. He died in 1965 and his wife, Dr. Bobbie Beckwith, picked up his mantle for justice and equality in government, she died in 2005. Both of them have been immortalized by the naming of various public spaces in their honor.

Answer 3

There hasn't been a black woman to run for president in the US. There has been a white woman and a black man, both of which should be known, to run, and their names are Hillary Clinton (D) and Barack Obama (D).

Answer 4

George Edwin Taylor in 1904 was the first to get any popular votes. Barack Obama was the first to get electoral votes and the first candidate from a major party in 2008. Obama has a black father and a white mother which would make in legally black under the old laws.

Answer 5

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was the first black person to run for president back in 1964.

Answer 6

John Barks "Dizzy" Gillespie.some people keep saying Jesse Jackson was the first black man to run but that's wrong.John Barks was the first to run. and Obama was the first to win.

Answer 7

Hilly Cilton was the first femal to run for president.obama was the first black male to run for president

Answer 8

2009..And so on..

Barack Hussein Obama.

Answer 9

carson and Jesse jackson