george w bush
1990, to be exact
African American.
The first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (modern day Ontario) was John Graves Simcoe.
Moses Fleetwood Walker played 42 games for the Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association in 1884. The American Association, at the time, was considered a major league. Moses Walker had a brother, Welday Walker, who played 5 games for the Blue Stockings in 1884. Robinson was the first African American to play major league baseball during the 'modern era'. His career spanned 1947-1956 with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Robert Johnson, the former owner and CEO of Black Entertainment television, was the first African American billionaire. As you may know, Oprah was the first African American LADY billionaire. =) I just figured out that Robert Church was the first black billionare
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.
David Dinkins was the first African American Mayor of New York City and David Paterson is the first African American Governor of the state.
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He was the first African American to serve as governor of a U.S. state since Reconstruction, and the first elected African-American governor. Born in Richmond, Virginia, Wilder graduated from Virginia Union University and served in the United States Army during the Korean War.
hiram revels was the first african american in the U.S Congress
The nation's first African American lieutenant governor
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Art Shell became the first African American NFL head coach of the modern era when he was hired by the Los Angeles Raiders in 1989.
L. Douglas Wilder is an American politician, the first African American to be elected as governor of a U.S. state, and the second to serve as governor. Wilder served as the 66th Governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. When earlier elected as Lieutenant Governor, he was the first African American elected to statewide office in Virginia. His most recent political office was Mayor of Richmond, Virginia, which he held from 2005 to 2009.
L. Douglas Wilder is an American politician, the first African American to be elected as governor of a U.S. state, and the second to serve as governor. Wilder served as the 66th Governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. When earlier elected as Lieutenant Governor, he was the first African American elected to statewide office in Virginia. His most recent political office was Mayor of Richmond, Virginia, which he held from 2005 to 2009.