According to UW, he will be the first African American to ... leadership convinced us that Chancellor Jones is the ideal person to build upon President Ana Mari Cauce’s legacy,” said UW ...

From the first Black president to the first African American woman ever elected to the United States Congress, Black people have made considerable gains – and helped to change the face of U.S ...

Born August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii… Barack Obama was the first African-American to serve as President of the United States. A graduate of Harvard Law School, Obama served as an Illinois ...

The first three presidents of the second century were Glenn T. Seaborg, Nobel laureate, 1976; Henry A. Hill, the first African-American president, 1977; and Anna J. Harrison, the first woman president ...

Barack Obama was projected to win the election and become the first African-American president of the United States. More than 225,000 Obama supporters gathered in Grant Park for a celebration ...

When Barack Obama laid his hand on Lincoln’s bible and took his oath of office to become the first African-American President of the United States, our nation broke with 200 years of history. For many ...

The first African American president and the first black principal dancer at the American Ballet Theater have much more in common than their success. Both have risen to the pinnacle of ...

SEATTLE – The University of Washington (UW) has named its new president, who will also be the first African-American president in university history. According to a press release from UW ...