E. Frederic Morrow (c. 1906-1994) was the first African American to hold an executive position at the White House. He served President Dwight Eisenhower as Administrative Officer for Special Projects from 1955 to 1961. His brother was Ambassador John H. Morrow. An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... North façade of the White House, seen from Pennsylvania Avenue. ... Dwight David Ike Eisenhower (October 14, 1890–March 28, 1969), American soldier and politician, was the 34th President of the United States (1953–1961) and supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II, with the rank of General of the Army. ...

A graduate of the law school of Rutgers University, he attended Bowdoin College from 1926-1930, but had to return to assist his family before graduating. Bowdoin awarded him an honorary LL.D. degree in 1970 The Hackensack, New Jersey native worked for the NAACP before joining the United States Army during World War II. Later, he was a writer for CBS before joining the 1952 Eisenhower campaign. Morrow served as an advisor at the U.S. Commerce Department before being picked for the White House job. Rutgers redirects here. ... Bowdoin College is a private liberal arts college, founded in 1794, located in the coastal New England town of Brunswick, Maine. ... The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), is one of the oldest and most influential hate organizations in the United States. ... The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States armed forces and has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... CBS (an abbreviation for Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ... The United States Department of Commerce is a Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with promoting economic growth. ...

"As the sole African American on a staff dealing with racial tensions related to integration, Morrow faced difficult personal and professional struggles at the White House. The Supreme Court’s landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling, the Montgomery bus boycott, and the Little Rock crisis were the backdrop for Morrow’s White House years. On a staff with a civil-rights policy that was at best cautious, Morrow was often frustrated and angered. He lived at a time when qualified African Americans were excluded from high-level political positions. Morrow as a black 'first' found relations within the president’s 'official family' to be 'correct in conduct, but cold.'" [1] Holding Racial segregation of students in public schools violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, because separate facilities are inherently unequal. ...

After his Republican Party was turned out of office in 1960, Morrow wrote a book on his experiences, Black Man in the White House. He later became the first African American vice-president of Bank of America. His other books were Way Down South Up North and Forty Years a Guinea Pig. The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers, and should be edited to rectify this. ...

External links

• Jet obituary
• African-American Registry
• White House Historical Association

References

• Willcox, Isobel (July 15, 1973). "Hackensack Is Recalled As Hostile, Racist Town". NY Times, p.82.
• Saxon, Wolfgang (July 21, 1994) (Morrow obituary). NY Times, p.B11.