In Living Color

In Living Color, 1st tv show created, written, produced and starring blacks, 1990.

Adam Wade

Adam Wade was the 1st black game show host; CBS’ Musical Chairs, 1975.

Cheryl Browne was the 1st black contestant in the Miss America pageant, Miss Iowa, 1970.

Jill E. Brown was the 1st black female pilot for a major commercial airline; Texas International Airlines, 1978.

Tom Bradley was the 1st black elected mayor of Los Angeles, 1973.

Doris A. Davis was the 1st black female mayor of a U.S. metropolitan city: Compton, California, 1973.

Dr. James McCune Smith was the 1st formally trained black medical doctor, 1837.

Ruth Simmons was the 1st black president of an Ivy League institution, Brown, 2001.

Gracis Real de Santa Teresa de Mose was the 1st free black community, Florida, 1738.

Harriet Wilson was the 1st black female novelist, Our Nig, or Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, 1859.