It could be [[Thomas Jefferson]] (1801-1809), described as the "son of a half-breed Indian squaw and a Virginia mulatto father." In fact, five earlier presidents may have had black ancestry. [http://www.diversityinc.com/public/1461print.cfm]
It could be [[Thomas Jefferson]] (1801-1809), described as the "son of a half-breed Indian squaw and a Virginia mulatto father." In fact, five earlier presidents may have had black ancestry. [http://www.diversityinc.com/public/1461print.cfm]
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[[Barack Hussein Obama]], slated to be inaugurated on January 20, 2009, calls himself Black.{{fact}} Some have said he will be the first Black President, but without adequate proof.<ref name="five other black" /> He is, however, the first man who is black skinned to be elected president of the [[United States]].<ref>http://americanhistory.about.com/od/uspresidents/ig/Images-of-US-Presidents/</ref> He is also the first [[Affirmative Action President]].
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[[Barack Hussein Obama]], slated to be inaugurated on January 20, 2009, calls himself Black.{{fact}} Some have said he will be the first Black President, but without adequate proof.<ref name="five other black" /> He is also the first [[Affirmative Action President]].