While not the first black woman elected to Congress, Barbara Jordan was the first black woman from the deep south to be elected to Congress. She represented Texas in the House of Representatives.
Barbara Jordan was the first Black Congresswoman to be elected from the South. She was elected to office in 1976.
The first black congresswoman that was elected from the deep south was Barbara Jordan. She was re-elected and she was the first woman that was elected to the Texas Senate.
Barbara Jordan was the first African American woman elected to Congress from the south. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the 18th district of Texas in 1973.
She was the first African American woman from the South to be elected to Congress.
The first black president of South Africa was Nelson Mandela. He took office in 1994.
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It was the end of the apartheid period and Nelson Mandela was elected as the first black president in South Africa
Barbara Jordan
Yes he was elected as the first democractically elected president of South Africa. Nearly 75% of black people voted for Nelson Mandela to be the pesisdent in South Africa. Nelson Mandela was the first black man to be the pesisdent of South Arica.
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