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She was the first Black tennis player to win a tennis Grand Slam.
Who is Althea Gibson?
She was the first African American woman to become a well-known comedian.
Who is Jackie “Moms” Mabley?
They invented the ice cream scooper.
Who is Alfred L. Cralle?
The NAACP stands for this.
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
She was the first African American to win a Pulitzer prize.
Who is Gwendolyn Brooks?
He was the first African American boxer to win a world title.
Who is Joseph Gaines?
She is the first African American woman to host a national TV talk show.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
This African-American inventor introduced the three-position traffic light in 1923.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
She was the first African American female dentist.
Who is Ida Gray?
She is the first African American woman to win Best Director at the Sundance Film Festival.
Who is Ava DuVernay?
He was the first African American coach to win a Superbowl game in 2007.
Who is Tony Dungy?
He was the first African American dancer to gain stardom.
Who is Bill “Bojangles” Robinson?
This person is the African American inventor who created the door lock.
Who is A.W. Martin?
He was the first African American catholic priest and bishop.
Who is James Augustine Healy?
He is the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Who is Ralph Bunche?
He was the first African American football player to win the Heisman trophy in 1961.
Who is Ernie Davis?
She was the first black woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
He is an Aerospace Engineer who invented the famous Super Soaker Water Gun.
Who is Lonnie G. Johnson?
He was the first African American naval hero.
Who is Robert Smalls?
She was the first African American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Who is Toni Morrison?
He was the first African American man to win a major tennis title.
Who is Arthur Ashe?
He was the first African American performer to win an Emmy.
Who is Harry Belafonte?
He was the first African American inventor to be granted a US patent for a dry-cleaning process called dry scouring.
Who is Thomas Jennings?
She was the first African American woman crowned Miss America.
Who is Vanessa Williams?
She was the first African American to win a Tony Award.
Who is Juanita Hall?