Black History Month: February 10th

30th United States Secretary Of Commerce
Ronald H. Brown, attorney and political leader, was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee on this day, becoming the first Black in U.S. history to be elected head of a major national political party and a playing a pivotal role in the Clinton presidential campaign.
Brown went on to be appointed U.S. Commerce secretary in the Clinton administration, the first Black in that post as well. Tragically he died in 1996 when he and 32 others died in a plane crash while on a diplomatic mission in Croatia.


