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).
Thurgood Marshall was the first African American appointed to the Supreme Court. RandieJ
In 1967 he made history when President Johnson appointed him as the first African American that served on the Supreme Court. He is also known for being a major civil rights fighter and for his victory in Brown vs. Board of Education.
The Honorable Mr. Justice Thurgood Marshall was the first.
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No African American woman has ever served on the United States Supreme Court. The first woman to be appointed to the Court was Sandra Day O'Connor. The first African American to be appointed to the Court was Thurgood Marshall.
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Harriet Tubman.
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Colin Powell .
He appointed the first African American cabinet member.
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