Barack Obama was not the first African-American to become president of a country. Ten men, born as slaves or to freed slave families in the United States, immig

The Black History of the White House presents the untold history, racial politics, and shifting significance of the White House as experienced by African Americ

In 1800 Thomas Jefferson won the presidential election with Electoral College votes derived from the three- fths representation of slaves -- slaves who could no

Barack Obama is the first African American President, but the history of African Americans in the White House long predates him. The building was built by slave