Download or read book Ten African-American Presidents written by Faith Sternstein and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barack Obama was not the first African-American to become president of a country. Ten men, born as slaves or to freed slave families in the United States, immigrated to Liberia and in turn served as presidents of Liberia. Their stories are a fascinating chapter in the histories of both Liberia and of America.