What is Robert C. Weaver?
{{Infobox officeholder |image = Robert C. Weaver official portrait.jpg |office = 1st [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]] |president = [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] |term_start = January 18, 1966 |term_end = December 18, 1968 |predecessor = Himself ([[Housing and Home Finance Agency|HHFA]] Administrator) |successor = [[Robert Coldwell Wood]] |office1 = Administrator of the [[Housing and Home Finance Agency]] |president1 = [[John F. Kennedy]]<br>[[Lyndon B. Johnson]] |term_start1 = February 11, 1961 |term_end1 = January 18, 1966 |predecessor1 = Jack Conway (acting) |successor1 = Himself ([[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development|HUD Secretary]]) |office2 = Chair of the [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]] |term_start2 = 1960 |term_end2 = 1961 |predecessor2 = [[Channing Heggie Tobias]] |successor2 = [[Stephen Gill Spottswood]] |birth_name = Robert Clifton Weaver |birth_date = {{birth date|1907|12|29}} |birth_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], US |death_date = {{death date and age|1997|7|17|1907|12|29}} |death_place = [[New York City]], US |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = {{Marriage|Ella Haith|1935|1991|end=died}} |education = [[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], [[Master of Arts|MA]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]]) }} '''Robert Clifton Weaver''' (December 29, 1907 – July 17, 1997) was an American economist, academic, and politician. He was the first [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]] from 1966 to 1968. He was also the first [[African Americans|African American]] appointed to a [[Cabinet of the United States|cabinet]] position. He was nominated to the position by President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]. Weaver died on July 17, 1997 in [[New York City]] at the age of 89.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Barron|first=James|date=1997-07-19|title=Robert C. Weaver, 89, First Black Cabinet Member, Dies (Published 1997)|language=en-US|work=The