Accomplishments
Who was the first African American bishop in the UMC?
Roy Nichols
Who was appointed as president of Michigan State University.
Dr. Clifton Wharton Jr.
Who had a big effect on American culture that went beyond her amazing poetry and memoirs. She was the nation's wise woman, a poet to presidents, as well as the author of “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”.
Maya Angelou
Who is the first black baseball player in Major League Baseball
Jackie Robinson
Who was the first woman of color to go to space on the shuttle endeavor in 1992
Mae Johnson
Who was the first African-American to graduate from Harvard University and become a U.S. senator?
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Who was the first Black mayor of Newark, New Jersey
Keith Gibson
Who is the first Black woman to deliver the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Barbara Jordan
Who is the first Black athlete to compete in International Tennis
Athena Gibson
Who founded the college that became the Bethune-Cookman University in Florida and founded the National Council of Negro woman in 1935
Daisy Lee May Bates
Daisy Bates
Who became the nation’s first African American woman to serve as a federal judge in 1966
Constance Baker Moley
Who is the first African American woman to grace the cover of a major fashion publication
Beverly Johnson
Who is sworn in as the first Black American to become a U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations under President Jimmy Carter.
Andrew Young
Who is the first black coach in the NBA
Bill Russell
Who became the first African American woman appointed as a general in the US Army
Hazel Winifred Johnson
Who was the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field in the 1960 Olympics for the 100 and 20 meter and the 400 meter relay.
Wilma Glodean Rudolph
Who is the first Black person to campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Shirley Chisholm
What did the U.S Supreme Court rules in the case of the University of California Regents v. Bakke
Affirmative action can be used as a legal strategy to deal with past discrimination.
Who is named manager of the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first African American manager in major-league baseball.
Frank Robinson
Who became known for her involvement in a politically charged murder case in the early 1970s.
Angela Davis
Who was the first African-American woman to serve in the U.S. Cabinet as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Carter in 1977, and then served as Secretary of Health and Human Services in 1979?
Patricia Roberts Harris
Who established The Children's Defense Fund as a voice for poor, minority, and disabled children.
Marian Wright Edelman
What group organized the Freedom Rides of 1961 and the Freedom Summer Project of 1964
CORE
Who is the first heavyweight champion to win the title three times by defeating Leon Spinks in New Orleans.
Muhammad Ali
Who dedicated her life to the fight for civil rights, working for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Fannie Lou Hammer