Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier first black to win an Academy Award for best actor in 1967.
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Carl Stokes
Carl Stokes 1st black mayor of a major U.S. city, Cleveland, 1967.
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Roxane Gay, lesbian author and memoirist.
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Aja Brown, Compton’s youngest mayor, elected 2013.
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Lou Freeman 1st black pilot for SWA, 1980.
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Jeff Ballou 1st black male president of National Press Club.
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John Carlos 6/5/45 runner and activist 1968 Olympics.
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Stepin Fetchit 1st black actor to become a millionaire.
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Stepin Fetchit 1st black actor to receive featured screen credit
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Michael Oher 5/28/86, NFL player, inspired “The Blind Side”
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