<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Brown" id="mwzg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ron Brown">Ron Brown</a> is elected chairman of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_National_Committee" id="mwzw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Democratic National Committee">Democratic National Committee</a>, becoming the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans" id="mw0A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="African Americans">African American</a> to lead a major American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_party" id="mw0Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Political party">political party</a>.