Women History
She is the first black female millionaire, and she invented the hot comb.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
In 1973, this person was the first Black artist to win a Grammy for Album of the Year
Who is Stevie Wonder?
He created the country’s first blood plasma bank.
Who is Dr. Charles Drew?
This person became the first African American general in the U.S. Air Force in 1954.
Who is Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.?
He is the first black president of the United States of America.
Who is Barack Obama?
She became the first Black person to win an Oscar for her supporting role in Gone With the Wind in 1940.
Who is Hattie Mcdaniel?
He was the first black man to win a Grammy.
Who is Count Bassie?
She is the first African American female to become an astronaut.
Who is Dr. Mae Jemison?
He was the first African-American U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
She became the first woman of African or Asian descent to become vice president.
Who is Kamala Harris?
She is the first Black woman in the United States to qualify as a doctor.
Who is Rebecca Lee Crumpler?
He was a writer and musician who wrote the National Black Anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing”
Who is James Weldon Johnson?
He was the first African American to publish an almanac, and he made the first clock in America.
Who is Benjamin Banneker?
She was the first black person to publish a book.
Who is Phillis Wheatley?
She was the first African American woman appointed Secretary of State.
Who is Condoleezza Rice?
She was the first African American woman to have her own weekly television series, “Julia.”
Who is Diahann Carroll?
This group performed "Rapper’s Delight," which was the first hit rap song.
Who is the Sugarhill Gang?
He was the first African American in space.
Who is Guion Bluford Jr.?
He is the first African American to serve as US Attorney General.
Who is Eric Holder?
He was the first African-American to earn a doctorate and was one of the founding members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
She was the first African-American woman to earn a pilot’s license in the year 1921.
Who is Bessie Coleman?
This person was the first singer to record the blues.
Who is Mamie Smith ?
He was the first neurosurgeon to successfully separate conjoined twins.
Who is Dr. Benjamin Carson?
He was the first African American president of Howard University.
Who is Mordecai Wyatt Johnson?
She was the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?