

With this announcement, she became the first black woman to run for President of the United States as a Republican. On March 23, 1999, she announced that she would be forming a presidential exploratory committee, hoping to receive the Republican nomination in the 2000 United States Presidential election. Rocker worked as a guidance counselor and lived in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Rocker attended and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and received a master's degree in counseling from Georgia State University. Rocker grew up in High Point, North Carolina, and graduated from T. In 1999, she became the first black woman to run for President of the United States as a Republican. University of North Carolina at GreensboroĪngel Joy Chavis Rocker was an American politician and guidance counselor from Florida.
