Fact check: Barack Obama, not John Hanson, was the first ...
Dec 15, 2020 · The belief that the first president of the United States was Black stems from confusing two historical figures with the same name.
The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election
Feb 1, 2025 · Fifty years after the civil rights movement secured equal rights for Black Americans under the law, the US elected its first Black president, Barack Obama.
Barack Obama - Wikipedia
Barack Hussein Obama II[a] (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he …
No, the first American president wasn’t a black man named ...
Apr 3, 2019 · No, the first American president wasn’t a black man named John Hanson A story making the rounds on Facebook is challenging what Americans know about the first president …
How Barack Obama became the first Black president of the ...
An overview of Barack Obama.Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States in 2008, becoming the first African American to hold the office. For most of his presidency …
Who was the first back president of the US? - Presidential ...
Nov 24, 2023 · However, we are aware of some confusion regarding John Hanson (1721-1783), who was elected as the first President of the Confederation Congress in 1781 and John …
List of African-American United States presidential and vice ...
He was the first African-American to be elected (and re-elected) president of the United States. In 2021, Kamala Harris became the first African-American, first female, and first Asian-American …