How do Black Americans become serious contenders for the highest office in the United States? "President Clinton was often known as the first Black President, Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts told the American Urban Radio Network. "I wouldn't be upset if I could earn the right to be the second". The 1st Black President, The Race to the White House is about how Black Americans must begin to obtain a serious role in American politics. Statements from Senator John Kerry, 2004 Democrat nominee for the President of the United States, confirms that black political candidates are not taken serious and are overlooked as serious contenders for the presidency.