In the beginning I did not see her as our
employee, each time I see/here her as of late, one by one she is getting into
my heart.
However; like my African Americans like to
say,
"Red is Beautiful"!
The First VP of Color was Native American
Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860 – February
8, 1936) was an American attorney and Republican politician from Kansas
who served as the 31st vice president of
the United States from 1929 to 1933,
becoming the first Native American and the
first person of color to hold the office of vice president.
He also previously served as the Senate
Majority Leader from 1924 to 1929.
A member of the Kaw Nation born in the
Kansas Territory
January 23, 1907.
The Kansas legislature has convened to
decide who will be the next US Senator from their state.
The vote shakes out as everyone expected:
front-runner Charles Curtis wins the seat.
Curtis – a member of the Kaw Nation – has
just become the first person of color elected to the Senate and will go on to
rise even further as Vice President of the United States.
This week, Kamala Harris follows Curtis as
the second person of color to fill that seat. However, his legacy is a
complicated one. How did Charles Curtis rise so high during an era that was
arguably the height of American white supremacy? And what does his flawed
political legacy tell us about the complexities of representation?
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