black excellence
Who was the 1st African American Officeholder in
colonial America?
Matthias de Souza
Who was the 1st African American State Supreme
Court Justice?
Jonathan Jasper Wright
Who was the 1st African American Governor that
was appointed?
P.B.S. Pinchback
Who was the 1st African American U.S. cabinet
member?
Robert C. Weaver
Who was the 1st African American Woman
admitted to the bar:
Charlotte Ray
What year and what state did Matthias de Souza,
the 1st African American office holder elected?
1641 & Maryland
What year was Jonathan Jasper Wright elected to
the South Carolina Supreme Court?
1870
What year was P.B.S. Pinchback the 1st African
American governer appointed?
1872
What year was Robert C Weaver the 1st African
American U.S Cabinet member appointed?
1966
Who was the 1st African American Elected
municipal judge:
Mifflin W. Gibbs
Who was the 1st African American Municipal
elected official:
John Mercer Langston
Who was the 1st African American U.S.
Representative?
Joseph Rainey.
What state did Crystal Bird Fauset represent?
Pennsylvania
What was Robert Weaver’s official title?
Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Who was the 1st African American Editor of the
Harvard Law Review:
Charles Hamilton Houston
What year was John Mercer Langston, the 1st
African American Municipal official elected? .
1855
What year was Joseph Rainey elected as US
Representative?
1870
Who was the 1st elected African American Woman
legislator?
Crystal Bird Fauset
Who was the 1st African American Major party
nominee for President and what year was he
nominated?
Sen. Barack Obama, 2008
Who was the 1st African American Federal Judge:
William Henry Hastie
What city did John Mercer Langston represent?
Brownhelm Township in Ohio
What party did Joseph Rainey belong to?
Republican
What State did P.B.S. Pinchback represent?
Louisiana
Who was the 1st African American Admitted to the
Bar:
Macon B. Allen
Who was the 1st African American Woman federal
judge:
Constance Baker Motley