How History Books Ignore the Possibility America Had Five Presidents with African-American Heritage

Perhaps the title of this article could be taken a little too harshly considering that the evidence of five past U.S. Presidents having African-American ancestry was never acknowledged by the Presidents themselves or their offspring...with only undeniable evidence for a couple of the Presidents. But despite rumors on the other three Presidents, the deductive evidence is still convincing that they all had at least a little African blood in their DNA. It has to be forgiven, too, that they all covered up their African heritage when the reactions in those days would have been unfortunate...if still fascinating from a sociological-historical perspective.

The one President who actually didn't want to deny it--yet had his Presidential advisors cover it up--was Warren G. Harding. He's also the only President who's been confirmed to have African ancestry in his parents' bloodline, which explains why people scoff when his Presidential pictures reveal a very typical-looking white Republican. It's pathetic to think that his own party suggested to him that he cover up his African heritage for obvious reasons. Despite being considered one of the most ineffective Presidents in history and dying while in office from what was said to be a stroke (or maybe murder if you read Timothy Sexton's article on Florence Harding), he was quite popular with the public before having the hints of scandal right before his death. In a way, his entrance into office right after WWI was riding a huge popularity wave that Barack Obama may ride this November.

Harding may also be one President where you could compare to not only Obama, but also George W. Bush. For the latter, Harding's inability to speak coherently or write one line without multiple grammatical errors makes for a bit of a conflicted President who had the personal demons of having to cover up African heritage that he was never ashamed of having from the start.