page_title: Black conservatism in the United States
section_title: Timeline of events
hierarchical_section_title: Black conservatism in the United States / Timeline of events
caption_attribution_description: Official portrait of Congressman Tim Scott (R-SC).
context_page_description: Black conservatism in the United States is a political and social movement rooted in communities of African descent that aligns largely with the American conservative movement. Black conservatism emphasizes traditionalism, patriotism, capitalism, free markets, and sometimes social conservatism. Black conservatives are supported by a minority of black Americans, whereas the majority of black Americans favor the left of the political spectrum.
context_section_description: This is a timeline of significant events in African-American history that have shaped the conservative movement in the United States.
  1950s
  1954 – President Dwight Eisenhower appoints the following:
  Archie Alexander as Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands
  J. Ernest Wilkins Sr. as Undersecretary of Labor for International Labor Affairs
  E. Frederic Morrow as Administrative Officer for Special Projects
  1960s
  Melvin H. Evans is elected Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands
  1970s
  1975 – President Gerald Ford appoints the following:
  William T. Coleman as Secretary of Transportation
  James B. Parsons is named Chief Judge of the US District Court in Chicago
  1978 – Melvin H. Evans is elected to US Congress (Virgin Islands)
  1979 – Ethel D. Allen is appointed Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
  1980s
  1980 – NAACP President Benjamin Hooks is invited to address the Republican National Convention
  1981 – President Ronald Reagan appoints the following:
  Clarence Pendleton, Jr. as Chairman of the US Civil Rights Commission
  Samuel Pierce as United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
  1982 – President Reagan appoints Clarence Thomas as Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
  1985 – President Reagan appoints Alan Keyes the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs.
  1987 – President Reagan appoints Colin L. Powell the National Security Advisor.
  1989 – President George H. W. Bush appoints the following:
  Louis Wade Sullivan as United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
  General Colin L. Powell as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  Condoleezza Rice as Senior Director of the National Security Council for Soviet and East European Affairs
  Constance Berry Newman as Director of United States Office of Personnel Management
  Vernon Parker as Special Assistant to the President on the White House Staff
  1990s
  1990 – Arthur Fletcher is appointed as the Chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights
  1990 - President George H. W. Bush appoints George W. Haley chairman of the Postal Rate Commission
  1990 – Gary Franks (CT) is elected to US Congress
  1991 – President George H. W. Bush appoints Clarence Thomas to U.S. Supreme Court
  1993 – President George H. W. Bush appoints John W. Shannon as United States Under Secretary of the Army
  1994 – Victoria Buckley elected as Secretary of State of Colorado
  Lonna Hooks appointed as Secretary of State of New Jersey
  1994 – J. C. Watts (OK) elected to US Congress
  1998 – U.S. House of Representatives elects J. C. Watts (R-OK) to be Chairman of the House Republican Conference.
  DeForest Soaries appointed as Secretary of State of New Jersey
  1998 – Ken Blackwell elected as the Ohio Secretary of State
  Joe Rogers elected as the Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
  2000s
  2001 – President George W. Bush appoints the following:
  General Colin Powell as the United States Secretary of State
  Roderick R. Paige as the United States Secretary of Education
  Condoleezza Rice as Advisor of the National Security Council
  Alphonso Jackson as the Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
  Claude Allen as the Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services
  Leo S. Mackay, Jr. as the Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs
  Larry D. Thompson as the United States Deputy Attorney General
  Michael Powell as the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
  Stephen A. Perry as Administrator of General Services Administration
  Kay Coles James as Director of United States Office of Personnel Management
  Charles E. James, Sr. as Director of Federal Contract Compliance
  Ruth A. Davis as Director General of the Foreign Service
  Reginald J. Brown as Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)
  Brigadier General Francis X. Taylor as Coordinator for Counterterrorism
  Eric M. Bost as Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services
  Brian C. Roseboro as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Markets
  Dr. Eric Motley as Deputy Associate Director, Office of Presidential Personnel
  Pierre-Richard Prosper as United States Ambassador-at-Large 
caption: Tim Scott
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