Was There an African American President Before Barack Obama?
Someone that I know has been posting that Barack Obama is not the first African-American President, that indeed there was an African-American President before him, John Hanson. I …
No, the first American president wasn’t a black man named ...
Apr 3, 2019 · No, the first American president wasn’t a black man named John Hanson A story making the rounds on Facebook is challenging what Americans know about the first president …
Fact check: Barack Obama, not John Hanson, was the first ...
Dec 15, 2020 · In the past few years, multiple social media posts have declared John Hanson, not Barack Obama, as the first Black president of the United States. The posts, which often …
Was John Hanson the first Black President of the United States?
Jan 1, 2016 · The facts about this black John Hanson John Hanson was a Liberian Senator from Grand Bassa County. He is clearly black, and from the picture, we can clearly see that he was …
The John Hanson Story
Often, Hanson is regarded as the "forgotten first President." In Seymour Weyss Smith 's biography of him, John Hanson, Our First President, he says that the American Revolution had …
Was john hanson black or white? - Answers
Apr 28, 2022 · John Hanson was not black but he did serve as the president of the first Continental Congress and so is sometimes referred to as the first president. (There was a …
Remembering John Hanson, First President of the Original ...
The synopsis comprises about three percent of Michael’s biography, Remembering John Hanson, from which the articles were drawn, and covers the most important junctures of John Hanson’s …
John Hanson | Revolutionary War, Continental Congress ...
Nov 18, 2025 · John Hanson was an American Revolutionary leader and president under the U.S. Articles of Confederation. A member of the Maryland Assembly (1757–79), he represented …