'Black Presidents': 6 United States Commanders In Chief Before Obama
Barack Obama is widely known as the United States' first black president. But is he really the country's first African-American commander-in-chief?
Of course author Toni Morrison famously declared that former president Bill Clinton was really the nation's first black head of state, however, rumor has it there are six other former presidents who had African-American ancestry: Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Calvin Coolidge, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Thomas Jefferson, and Warren Harding.
Several scholars have discussed the genealogy of these presidents in the past, and the debate was reignited after Obama was elected in 2008.
Check out the slideshow at the link below for a list of former heads of state who allegedly were descendants of African-Americans.
Of course author Toni Morrison famously declared that former president Bill Clinton was really the nation's first black head of state, however, rumor has it there are six other former presidents who had African-American ancestry: Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Calvin Coolidge, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Thomas Jefferson, and Warren Harding.
Several scholars have discussed the genealogy of these presidents in the past, and the debate was reignited after Obama was elected in 2008.
Check out the slideshow at the link below for a list of former heads of state who allegedly were descendants of African-Americans.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/18/black-presidents-6-united-states-obama_n_2711887.html
Source: Huff Post: Black Voices
I can assure you that if this were the 19th century instead of the 21st century,if all the above mentioned were found to have even one drop of black blood, none of these great men would ever have made it to the White House. They would most likely never have made off their masters' plantations. The one drop rule was a figment of the slave owners' imagination in order to acquire and keep more slaves! It wasn't something in favor of blacks;it was in favor of slave owners.
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