French satirical Illustration, against electing Black members to the French Chamber of deputies. Blaise Diagne (13 October 1872 – 11 May 1934) was a Senegalese-French political leader and mayor of Dakar. He was the first black African elected to the French Chamber of Deputies, and in 1914 became the first to hold a position in the French government.

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