George Edwin Taylor
According to some reports, George Edwin Taylor was the first Black person selected by a political party to run for president. Taylor was born in August 4, 1857 in Little, Ark. to a slave father and free mother. He eventually settled in Wisconsin, attending Wayland University in the state before moving into labor politics and […]
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Tonya Pendleton, BlackAmericaWeb.com
While most history books point to Shirley Chisholm as the first Black person to run for the office of the President of the United States, the honor actually belongs to the son of a former slave. In 1904, well before Chisholm’s campaign, George Edwin Taylor was the first Black presidential candidate. Taylor was born August […]
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