Theodore Roosevelt, who invited Booker T. Washington, was the first president to invite an African-American man to the White House.
Theodore Roosevelt
Besides President Obama (obviously), Franklin Delano Roosevelt was thought to have had Black ancestry. Also, there was said that there was a president before Washington who was African American.
Mary McLeod Bethune. Born July 10th 1875 - died May 18th, 1955
No, there has never been an African American vice president.
The US has never had an African-American Vice President.
The only President of the Confederacy was Jefferson Davis who was not an African American
The 44th president is the first African American is, Barak Obama.
Yes there is,Barack Oboma was the first African American president.
Franklin Roosevelt...and his wife, Eleanor. She also later sang for the King and Queen of England
It cannot be said with certainty that Frederick Douglass was the first African American invited to the White House. Certainly Douglass was the first African American **leader** invited for a formal interview, or audience, with the President.
Not until 2008. Barack Obama was the first African-American president in US history.