Frank E. Petersen

Frank E. Petersen 1st black General in U.S. Marines.

Frank E. Peterson

Frank E. Petersen 1st black black aviator in the U.S. Marines, 1952.

Hattie McDaniel was the 1st black person to win an Academy Award, best supporting actress, “Gone with the Wind” 1940.

Nichelle Nichols took part in the first interracial kiss on TV with co-star William Shatner in “Star Trek” 1968.

Earl Lloyd was the 1st black man to play in the NBA, for the Washington Capitols, 1950

Ernest J. Grant will be the 1st black male president of the American Nurses Association when he takes office on January 1, 2019.

Whitney Young was President of the National Association of Social Workers to end workplace discrimination from 1969 to 1971

Dr. René Revis Shingles is the 1st black woman inducted into the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame, 2018

Carter G. Woodson was founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable was the first black permanent resident of Chicago, Illinois, and is recognized as the “Founder of Chicago,” 1780