In Honor of Presidents day let's talk about Barack Hussein Obama. He is an American attorney and politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. He was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004. Obama's election in 2008 signified that our country was moving in the right direction -- a country who once had African slaves had finally elected an African-American to be president.
Wednesday 2/23
Today’s American history fact is about Kamala Harris, who is an American politician and attorney. She is the 49th and current vice president of the United States. Kamala Harris was born in Oakland , California and her mother was Tamil Indian and her father is a British Jamaican. She is the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, as well as the first African American and first Asian American vice president.
Today’s American history fact is Colin Luther Powell was an American politician, statesman, diplomat, and United States Army officer who served as the 65th United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005. He was the first African-American secretary of state. Powell was born in New York City to parents who had immigrated from Jamaica. He also participated in ROTC and received a commission as an Army second lieutenant upon graduation in June 1958. He was a professional soldier for 35 years, during which time he held many command and staff positions and rose to the rank of four-star general. He was Commander of the US Army Forces Command in 1989.
Today’s American history fact is Condoleezza Rice is an American diplomat, political scientist, civil servant, and professor who is the current director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Rice served as the 66th United States secretary of state from 2005 to 2009 and as the 20th national security advisor from 2001 to 2005. A member of the Republican Party, Rice was the first female African-American secretary of state and the first woman to serve as National Security Advisor. Until the election of Barack Obama as president in 2008, Rice and her predecessor, Colin Powell, were the highest-ranking African Americans in the history of the federal executive branch (by virtue of the secretary of state, was standing fourth in the presidential line of succession)
