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schopenhauer Colin Powell became the first African American Secretary of State, serving from 2001 to 2005.
schopenhauer Patricia Roberts Harris was the first Black woman in a presidential cabinet and the first female ambassador.
schopenhauer Sort pioneering leaders into their departments to discover historic African American political firsts.
The Black Cabinet: During Franklin Roosevelt's presidency, an informal group of Black advisors helped shape New Deal policies.
A body of high-ranking government officials, typically representing the executive branch, who advise a head of state. In 1966, Robert C. Weaver became the first African American appointed to the presidential cabinet.
Which president appointed Patricia Roberts Harris to her historic cabinet-level post in 1977?
Patricia Roberts Harris was appointed as the U.S. ambassador to which European country in 1965?
In what year did Eric Holder begin his service as the first Black U.S. Attorney General?
Ralph Bunche received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950 for his diplomatic work in which region?