Gabby Douglas

Gabby Douglas is the 1st black person in Olympic history to become the individual all-around champion, 2012.

Mary Mahoney

Mary Mahoney was the 1st black woman to complete nurse’s training in 1879.

Henry Ossian Flipper was the 1st black man to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point, 1877.

William Monroe Trotter founded the newspaper The Guardian and helped W.E.B. Du Bois organize the Niagara Movement of 1905.

Cheryl Boone Isaacs 1st black president of the Acadmey of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 2013.

Quincy Jones 1st black nominated for “best original song” Oscars.

Rabbi Alysa Stanton 1st black woman rabbi, 2009.

Garrett Morgan invented a version of the three signal traffic light and became the only black man in Ohio to own a car, 1923.

Opal Tometi is a Nigerian-American writer, co-founder Black Lives Matter, and Executive Director at BAJI (Black Alliance for Just Immigration).

Bessie Coleman was the 1st black licensed pilot in 1921.