Business & Inventions
Dr. Clifton R. Wharton, Jr., the First Black CEO of a Fortune 500 Company
In 1987, Dr. Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. became the first black CEO and chairman of a Fo…
Sports & Entertainment
Kurtis Blow, the First Rapper to be Signed by a Major Label
Often regarded as a founding father of Hip-Hop, Kurtis Blow became a huge part of mu…
Sports & Entertainment
Charlie Sifford, the First African-American to Join the PGA Tour
The world of golf has had a long history of exclusivity regarding race and sex. In f…
Health & Science
Meet Robert Tanner Freeman, the First African American Dentist
Born in 1846, Robert Tanner Freeman was a child of slaves. However, he grew up to ma…
Education & Politics
Vivian Malone Jones, the First Black Graduate of the University of Alabama
In 1965, a woman named Vivian Malone Jones became the first African American to ever…
Sports & Entertainment
First African American Woman to Win a Golden Globe
In 1986, Whoopi Goldberg became the first Black actress to win a Golden Globe award.…
Education & Politics
First African American to Receive a Ph.D. From Harvard University
In 1895, history was made when a man named William Edward Burghardt Du Bois became t…
Sports & Entertainment
Meet the First Black Woman to Win a Gold Medal in Olympic Wrestling
In the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, 28-year old Tamyra Mensah-Scott made history by becoming…
Civil Rights
Daisy Bates Launched One of the First Black Newspapers and Helped Desegregate Schools
Daisy Bates was a natural-born leader, known commonly as a heroine of the civil righ…
Sports & Entertainment
Lusia Harris, the First and Only Black Woman to Play in the NBA
In 1977, professional basketball changed forever when a player named Lusia Harris be…
