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Yes, his position was the head of a newly created Department of Housing and Urban Development
From 1966-1968, Robert C. Weaver served as the US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, under President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Robert C. Weaver was the first African American member of a presidential cabinet. He headed the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which oversaw federal housing programs.
Lyndon Johnson appointed Dr. Robert C. Weaver as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 1966. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_/ai_19663328
Robert weaver
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.
He became the head of a newly created Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Robert Weaver
Robert Weaver who was Secretary of HUD under LB Johnson was the first Black cabinet member in the US.
Robert C. Weaver died in 1997.
Robert Weaver - editor - was born in 1921.
Robert Weaver - editor - died in 2008.