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26 Cards in this Set
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Was the first female African Amer. U.S. Senator
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Carol Mosley Braun
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Is the First African Amer. to receive a major party's nomination for President of the United States.
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Barack Obama
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In 1872, became the first African Amer. female lawyer.
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Charlotte E. Ray
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Became the first African Americn appointed to the Supreme Court.
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Thurgood Marshall
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An African Americ. is currently the Speaker of the California State Assembly
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Karen Bass
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Was the first African Amer. delegate for a national political party
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Frederick Douglass
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Was the first African Amer. to hold the position of Secretary of Commerce.
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Ron Brown
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Became the first African American Secretary of Agriculture.
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Mike Espy
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Became the first African Amer. head of the U.S. Labor Department's Women's Bureau.
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Lenora Cole
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Became the first elected African American Govenor of Virginia.
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Lawrence Douglas Wilder
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In 1993, was the first African American and the first female to serve as the U.S. Secretary of Energy.
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Hazel O' Leary
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Became the first African American police chief for the city of Los Angeles.
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Willie Williams
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Was the first African American female to be appointed as a federal judge.
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Constance Baker Motley
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Was the first African American City Councilman for the city of San Bernardino.
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Norris Gregory
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Was the first African American female elected to the House of Representatives.
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Shirley Chisholm
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won the election for the Fulton County Sheriff seat and became the first African American female sheriff.
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Jackie Barrett
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in 1870 was the first African American U.S. Senator.
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Hiram R. Revels
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In 2001, President George W. Bush appointed him , the first African Amer. to the position of the 65th Secretary of State.
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Colin Powell
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In 2001, President George Bush appointed , first African American , to the position of National Security Advisor.
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Condoleezza Rice
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Former Mayor of Cleveland and U.S. Ambassador
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Carl B. Stokes
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Was the first African American women to serve in a cabinet position. In 1977, she was appointed Secretary of Housing and Urban Develoopment under President Carter.
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Patricia R. Harris
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Which was also called the Voting Rights Act of 1870, granted suffrage rights to African American men.
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The 15th Amendment to the Constitution
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In 2004, President George Bush appointed_____ , first African Amer. female, to the position of the 66th Secretary of State.
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Condoleezza Rice
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Is the first African American elected President of the United States of America.
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Barack Obama
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In 2009, won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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President Barack Obama
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Is the current Attorney General of the United "States of America.
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Eric Holder
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