Michael Steele
On January 30, 2009, Michael Steele became the first African American to lead the Republican Party as Chairman of the Republican National Committee. Chairman Steele is also only the second African American to lead either the Democratic or Republican Parties. The late Ron Brown was the first, chairing the Democratic National Committee from 1989-1993. Two out of the six men campaigning for the RNC Chair, this year, were African Americans. The other African American candidate was former Ohio Secretary of State, Ken Blackwell. Elected in 2000, to be the chairman of the Maryland Republican Party, Steele was also the first African American to chair any state party for the GOP.
Source: http://www.blackhistory.com/cgi-bin/blog.cgi?blog_id=119228&cid=54
For more information on Michael Steel look here:
http://www.foxnews.com/topics/politics/michael-steele.htm
http://www.gop.com/index.php/chairman_steele/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Steele
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