African American figures in Legal and Government positions
- First Lawyer: John Mercer Langston passed the bar in Ohio in 1854.
- First Supreme Court Justice: Thurgood Marshall served in the U.S. Supreme Court from 1967 to 1991.
- First Senator: Hiram Rhodes Revels represented the state of Mississippi from February 1870 to March 1871.
- First Woman Representative: Shirley Chisholm was elected to the House of Representatives in 1968. She represented the state of New York.
- First Black President: Barack Obama became U.S. president in 2008.
- First Black Vice President: In 2021, Kamala Harris became vice president.
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