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Basically, what is the earliest you can imagine a black man becoming President of the United States?

I recall a TL here once that had a black man becoming POTUS after being V.P. and the President being assassinated as early as the 1880's or so, which I thought was very interesting and, surprisingly, believable TBH.

I think once you get into the radio/TV era the chances decreases a lot as image becomes much more of an issue, but there were several black Congressmen elected after the Civil War and while it's hard to imagine any of them being elected President directly at the time, it's not out of the realm of possibility that one could have found himself selected as someone's running mate to attract the new black vote in the south and then becoming President due to assassination/death due to health issues.

I dunno, just something I was thinking about. When do you think is the earliest period a black man could have realistically become POTUS?
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