Simmie Knox
... that painter Simmie Knox was the first black American artist to be officially commissioned to create a portrait of a U.S. President?
... that painter <b id="mwCvg"><a href="./Simmie_Knox" id="mwCvk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Simmie Knox">Simmie Knox</a></b> was the first <a class="mw-redirect" href="./African_American" id="mwCvo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="African American">black</a> American artist to be officially commissioned to create a portrait <i id="mwCvs">(pictured)</i> of a <a href="./President_of_the_United_States" id="mwCvw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="President of the United States">U.S. President</a>?