David Harris
David Harris 1st black pilot for a major commercial airline, 1964.
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Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges 1st black child to attend an all-white elementary school in the south, 1960.
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Ruth Carol Taylor first black flight attendant, 1958.
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Keisha Knight Pulliam youngest person at 6 to be nominated for an Emmy.
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Leontyne Price 1st black singer to appear in an opera on tv, 1955.
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Marian Anderson 1st black member of the Metropolitan Opera, 1955.
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Wendell Scott 1st black driver in NASCAR, 1952.
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Ethel Waters 1st black to star in her own tv show, 1939.
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Louis Lomax 1st black television journalist, 1959.
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Alysa Stanton 1st black woman rabbi, 2009.
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