Jessie Jackson 1984
Alan Keys 2004
Julian Bond 1968 vp nominee (turned it down)
Al Sharpton 2004
Shirley Chilsholm 1972
Six other African-Americans sought their party's nomination for President of the United States. They were Dem. Shirley Chisholm in 1972, Dem. Jesse Jackson in 1984 and '88, Lenora Fulani as an Independent in 1992 and 1988, Rep. Alan Keyes in 1996 and 2000, Dem. Carol Moseley Braun in 2004, and Al Sharpton campaigned for a Democratic nomination in 2004.
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The following are past African-American presidential candidates:
Shirley Chisholm (Democrat) 1972
Jesse Jackson (Democrat) 1984
Dr. Lenora Fulani (Independent)1988
Alan Keyes (Republican) 2000
Carol Moseley Braun (Democrat) 2004
Al Sharpton (Democrat) 2004
Barack Obama (Democrat) 2008
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Someone has to run the nation. The president is the person of the people. Without the president, who is going to think through all of the bills passed by congress? No one. Without the president, the country would be in turmoil because without a leader, the people are nothing.
Harold Stassen ran for US president nine times between 1948 and 1992.
If he has only run once, he can run for a second term. However, If he has run twice, he cannot become president a third time.
Yes, if they registered as an independent, they can vote for whomever they want.