Senator Kamala Harris

Senator Kamala Harris, first black woman senator from California, 2016.

Ida Gray Nelson Rollins

Ida Gray Nelson Rollins was the 1st black female dental surgeon, 1890.

The Georgia Infirmary was the 1st black hospital dedicated to black patient care, 1832.

Ebony was the 1st mass circulation magazine, 1945.

New Orleans Tribune was the 1st black daily newspaper, 1864.

Gloria Dean Randall Scott was the 1st black president of girl scouts; USA, 1975.

Alexander Lucius Twilight was the 1st known black to graduate from an American college; Middlebury College in Vermont, 1823.

Josh White was the 1st black person to give a White House Command Performance, 1941.

Maya Angelou was the first Black female cable car conductor in San Francisco in 1944, when she was 16 years old.

Halle Berry, first black woman to win an Academy Award for best actress, 2002. As of 2018, the only black actress to do so.