REVISION

In 1904 George Edwin Taylor made history, becoming the first black presidential candidate in United States history. Even though he lost the election he made a name for himself and encouraged other black candidates to run.  He was one of the was influential men to run for president. He was a pioneer not only for black politicians but for everybody he proved that anything is possible even when the odds are stacked against you. George had a very rough childhood mother dying young, no father around, bouncing around in foster care none of that can sit well on a child he could have been mad at the world. He met a farmer named Nathan smith and stayed with him until he was 20 the farmer made sure George had a good education which had a part to do with the man we know him today. He went to college at Wayland university and became a newspaper editor and a journalist, not the kind of man you expect to run for president but he stayed focused and what was right and did what he was supposed to do. George ran for president with the negro liberal arts a party that has never won the presidential election and people made fun of him for that. In the end, George was a man who had to overcome obstacles that other people could not and did something most people would not and for that I respect him.