Most of the ancestors that I can trace were born here in the United States of America. And then it goes back to slavery. And I'm sure my ancestors go all the way back to Africa, but I feel more of an affinity for America than I do for Africa. I'm a black man in America.

ISBN 978-1-930819-04-7. On November 30 2011 Herman Cain denounced allegations of sexual harassment and adultery as "character assassination" during an event in Dayton Ohio. Senate in Georgia and did not win in the primaries.

Cain was chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Omaha Branch from 1989 to 1991. S. Cain has served as a member of the board of directors of several companies including Aquila Inc.