Joe Louis
First African American and first woman elected mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota was Sharon Sayles Belton.
Joe Louis
Barack Obama
The first African-American to serve in the Senate was Hiram Revels (R-MS), who was a Senator from 1851-1877.The first African-American to serve in the House of Representatives was Joseph H. Rainey (R-SC), who served from 1870 - 1878. Rainey was the first African-American to be elected to Congress; Revels was appointed.The first African-American woman elected to Congress was Shirley Chisholm, elected to the House in 1968. The first African-American woman Senator was Carol Moseley-Braun, elected in 1993.----More info:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_H._Raineyhttp://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/First_African_American_Senator.htmhttp://womenshistory.about.com/od/congress/p/shirleychisholm.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Moseley_BraunJohn Willis Menard
In 1977, the first African American elected National FFA President.
1983First African-American elected mayor of Chicago : Harold Washington
The first African American elected into congress was Hiram Rhodes Revels in 1870-1871.
carl stokes
First African American Republican elected to Senate in 1966.
Hiram Rhodes Revels
First African American Republican elected to Senate in 1966.
Wentworth Cheswell was the first African American to be elected to office