How come there was NEVER A BLACK PRESIDENT?

Answer 1

For starters, blacks were denied the vote in parts of the country until 1965. It takes time for a disenfranchised group to develop political organization and clout. Couple that with the fact that blacks are a minority, and racism still exists and you can see that it would take extra attributes such as strong charisma for a black to be a viable candidate - which we see in this election with Barack Obama.

""The 15th amendment to the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibit racial discrimination in voting. Under the 15th amendment and the Voting Rights Act no one may be denied the right to vote because of his or her race or color.""

It is for similar reasons that we have not had a female President - although spouses hold a traditional edge for the office that their husband held, as Hillary Clinton does.

Answer 2

The big problem that blacks have today, and one they will never fix soon is that they are not normal. If you ask a normal person, like myself, who they are they will simply say 'an American'. A black person throws race into it, they will say they are 'African American'. So that takes them out of the normal group.
And I'm not just talking about the white group...the American group is made up of all colors..except black because they don't want to join.