Lee Elder: Fond Memories Of Hartford And Sammy Davis Jr. First African-American To Play In Masters Twice Finished Second In GHO — Lee Elder stood in front of the clubhouse at TPC River Highlands Wednesday, surveyed the surroundings and nodded.
June 19, 2013 - Hartford Courant
Joe Biden in The Guardian At the start of the primary campaign Biden called him the "first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean".
Bobby Rush in ABC News With Obama's election to the presidency, Rush said, "Let me just remind you that there presently is no African-American in the US Senate."