CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Robert C. Weaver became the first African-American to hold a cabinet position; he was appointed secretary of housing and urban development in 1966 by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Detailed explanation-2: -Since 1870, when Senator Hiram Revels of Mississippi and Representative Joseph Rainey of South Carolina became the first African Americans to serve in Congress, a total of 186 African Americans have served as U.S. Representatives, Delegates, or Senators.

Detailed explanation-3: -William Tucker, the first Black child born (recorded) in the American colonies, was baptized in Jamestown, Virginia, on January 3, 1624. Two of the first Black Africans brought to North America in 1619 were called Anthony and Isabella.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1870 Hiram Revels of Mississippi became the first African American senator. Five years later, Blanche K. Bruce of Mississippi took the oath of office. It would be nearly another century, 1967, before Edward Brooke of Massachusetts followed in their historic footsteps.