12 x 12  2010 Wall Calendar

Blacks in Politics: Then & Now 2010

Remarkable changes have taken place in American politics. African Americans have catapulted from the "back of the bus" into the driver's seat at every level of government. The 2010 Blacks in Politics: Now & Then calendar is a journey from the past, where an African American man, Hiram Revels, served as a Senator for the first time during Reconstruction, to the 2008 historical election of Barack Obama as President of the United States of America. In the past sixty years we've gone from zero Black governors or major-city mayors to having two Governors currently in office and now having over six-hundred Black Mayors. This calendar showcases some of the trailblazers who have paved the way and it shines a spotlight on some of the great African-Americans currently in office. This informative calendar also includes important Black history information through out..