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These 2 artists are tied for having the most Grammy Awards as rappers.
Who are Jay-Z and Kanye West?
Playing a house slave, she is the first African American to be nominated and win an Academy Award in 1939.
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
In 1966, he became the first African American to coach a NBA team.
Who is Bill Russell?
Before becoming the first African American female astronaut, she served as a medical doctor in Los Angeles.
Who is Mae C. Jemison?
This author's book The Color Purple won a Pulitzer Prize in 1983 which made her the first African-American woman to win the award.
Who is Alice Walker?
This city is considered to be the birthplace of Hip-Hop.
What is The Bronx, NY?
A spinoff of The Cosby Show, this series focused on life at a Historically Black College in Virginia.
She was the first African American athlete to win a medal at the Winter Olympics.
Who is Debi Thomas?
This African American scientist constructed America's first functional clock.
Who is Benjamin Banneker?
Before giving the world songs like "Shake Rattle and Roll", this musician studied to be a hair dresser.
This artist lit up the sidewalk with his groundbreaking video that landed him as the first African-American to appear on MTV.
Who is Michael Jackson?
Starring Terrence Howard and Cuba Gooding, Jr., this film depicted African American airmen during World War II.
What is Red Tails?
At Super Bowl XLII, he became the first referee of the NFL Championship game.
Who is Mike Carey?
She was the first African American female to receive a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Columbia University writing about corn starch.
Who is Marie Maynard Daly?
In 2015, she became the first Black female principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre.
Who is Misty Copeland?
In 1958, he was the first African-American to win a Grammy.
Who is Count Basie
This person was the first African-American to host a late night television program.
Who is Arsenio Hall?
She was the first female athlete to have a pair of athletic shoes named after her.
Who is Sheryl Swoopes?
Working with children, she became the first African American female to be certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery.
Who is Alexa Canady?
Even though he worked for NASA, this African American engineer was made famous for inventing the world's most famous toy water gun.
Who is Lonnie G. Johnson?
Used by Madonna and Paula Abdul, DJ Frankie Knuckles created this style of music.
What is House music?
With 42 films spanning from 1919 to 1948, he was the first African American filmmaker.
Who is Oscar Micheaux?
Playing for the Boston Bruins, he was the first African American to be an athlete for the National Hockey League.
Who is Willie O'Ree?
You can thank this African American inventor for having an air conditioner on hot summer nights.
Who is Lewis Latimer
This man was the first African American lawyer in the United States and is the great-uncle of famed poet Langston Hughes.
Who is John Mercer Langston?