<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_C._Weaver" id="mw8Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Robert C. Weaver">Robert C. Weaver</a> becomes the first <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American" id="mw8g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="African American">African American</a> Cabinet member when he is appointed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development" id="mw8w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development">United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development</a>.