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President with the First Negro Cabinet Member in US History

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• 1966-1-25

President Johnson at the White House with Dr. Robert C. Weaver (left), the first Negro cabinet member in US history and Robert C. Wood. The President selected Weaver to head the new Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Wood as Under Se...

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"The Kennedy Administration's Only Negro With His Wife"

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Federal Housing Administrator, Robert C. Weaver, the only Negro in President Kennedy's administration, pictured with his wife at a Washington party.

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