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Barack Obama is elected as the first African American President of the United States (November 4th, 2008)

First Black President of the United States

Barack Obama is elected as the 44th president of the United States.

Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown dies in plane crash

Ron Brown dies An airplane carrying then Secretary of Commerce Brown and thirty-four other passengers crashed into the mountains of Bosnia. Brown was also the first African American Secretary of Commerce.

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