<P> After civil rights and voting rights legislation was passed in 1964 and 1965, the move of blacks into full political participation began . Portrayals of blacks as president began to appear in comedians' routines . In the early years of his career in the 1960s, comedian Bill Cosby frequently told jokes along racial lines, including one about an imaginary first black president . He stopped when he decided to reach a wider audience . </P> <P> In 1983 at age 22, Eddie Murphy (who was born the same year as Obama) enacted a parody of a black president in one of his stand - up routines, Eddie Murphy Delirious, filmed in Washington, D.C. . </P> <P> Writers and directors have featured a black man as president in several memorable portrayals . There have been film and television proposals based on the idea, as well . The first movie portrayal of a black American president was probably that of Sammy Davis Jr. in the 1933 film Rufus Jones for President . In this short musical comedy, the 7 - year - old Davis is told by his mother, portrayed by Ethel Waters, that "anyone can become president, and later dreams of his own inauguration". Outside the dreams, the film reflects contemporary racist attitudes . </P> <P> The 1941 musical movie Babes on Broadway included Judy Garland in black male drag singing a song "Franklin Delano Jones", about the first black president of the United States . </P>

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