Category talk:African-American candidates for President of the United States

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This might be more interesting/informative as a list, where one could see party affiliation, year, votes, etc. But I'm glad it exists as a category, at least! 169.226.84.184 (talk) 23:56, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Copying discussion from Clifton DeBerry talk page:

Although I had added that, perhaps he wasn't; possibly he was second after Clennon King. "During the 1970s, King established a mission for the homeless in Albany, Georgia, and became a perennial political candidate. He ran unsuccessfully for governor of Georgia in 1970, for the state legislature in 1974 and 1976, and for the commissions of the City of Albany and Dougherty County in 1976. (He had already run for president, in 1960, as a representative of the Independent Afro-American Party. According to Federal Election Commission records, King finished that race eleventh out of twelve candidates, garnering 1485 votes. John F. Kennedy won the election with 34,226,731 votes.)" Semple, Kirk "The Rev. Clennon King is unique. Period." Miami New Times Feb 24, 1993.

However, I'm not sure if King was on the ballot or was a write-in candidate? Or if the party was a real one or just him? See also Titcomb, Caldwell "Black Blood in the White House" Harvard Crimson January 18, 1972 Yockel, Michael "Clennon King, Nutty Racial Provocateur" New York Press

According to Ballot Access News: "In 1960, the Independent Afro-American Unity Party had placed presidential elector candidates on the Alabama ballot, and those elector candidates were pledged to Clennon B. King, another African-American. However, in Alabama at the time, presidential candidates’ names did not get printed on ballots." Given that the U.S. presidential election is actually an election for electors, it seems like a bit of gray area as to whether Clennon B. King counts.—Nat Krause^(Talk!) 19:16, 20 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that. I think I actually should have said 1st male african american candidate, since he was preceded by

Esquizombi 22:05, 20 June 2006 (UTC)[reply

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Also, this page[1] seems to indicate that in 1848

• Randall Alan Venson, an independent possibly the first black muslim candidate. http://politics1.com/indep2k.htm No page for him on WP.
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