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

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

First African American mayor of Washington D.C. born (1915 - 2003)

Walter Edward Washington, Washington, D.C.'s first...

First African American mayor of Chicago born (1922 - 1987)

Harold Washington, the first African American...

First African American woman licensed female architect in the US (1928)

Norma Merrick Sklarek, the first African American...