The century saw the election of America's first African American president. President Barack Obama was the sixth African American candidate to run for a major party's nomination.
Forty-fourth president and first African American president, President Barack Obama.
1. What was so significant about the election of President Barack Obama?
2. What were his struggles that he went through to obtain the presidency?
3. Do you think he had obstacles to face in his running for presidency because of his race?
4. How did everything that happened in the three previous centuries place President Obama where he is today?
5. Were you surprised to see that even today, centuries later, that race would be an issue in the election of the president of the U.S.?
6. Can we expect to see other minority groups in the White House after this presidency? Why?
Colin Powell and Condolezza Rice, Secretary of State
1. What do you see in this picture?
2. With two African American Secretaries of State in the recent years, why did people doubt a president that was a member of a minority group?
3. Even in recent years, do you think Americans had a hard time dealing with African Americans in this position?
4. How do you think African Americans in the position of Secretary of State paved the way for President Obama?
5. Why do you think some people feel that African Americans are not competent enough to have positions at the White House?
6. How do minority faces in the White House affect and influence the younger generation who never saw the struggle?
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