Annie J. Easley
Annie J. Easley was a leading member of the team which developed software for the Centaur rocket stage, and was one of the first black people to work as a computer scientist at NASA in 1997.
Read more "Annie J. Easley"Annie J. Easley was a leading member of the team which developed software for the Centaur rocket stage, and was one of the first black people to work as a computer scientist at NASA in 1997.
Read more "Annie J. Easley"Walter Lincoln Hawkins was the first African-American to become a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and in 1992 was awarded the National Medal of Technology by President George H. W. Bush.
Read more "Walter Lincoln Hawkins "The first Miss Black America was in 1968 when black women were not allowed in the pageant.
Read more "First Miss Black America"Charles Henry Turner was the first black person to receive a graduate degree at the University of Cincinnati after earning his Biology degree in 1892.
Read more "Charles Henry Turner "Black women hold major beauty pageant titles simultaneously for the first time in 2019 with the crowning of Nia Franklin as Miss America, Cheslie Krystal as Miss USA, and Kaliegh as Miss Teen.
Read more "Black Women Hold Major Beauty Pageant Titles Simultaneously for the First Time"Mamokgethi Phakeng became the first black female South African to obtain a PhD in Mathematics Education in 2002.
Read more "Mamokgethi Phakeng"Darius Rucker became the first black person to win the New Artist Award from the Country Music Association, and the second black person to win any award from the association in 2009.
Read more "Darius Rucker"Moms Mabley 1894 to 1975 was one of the first openly LGBT comedians.
Read more "Moms Mabley"Jomo Kenyatta was the first prime minister from 1963 to 1964 and then the first president from 1964 to 1978 of independent Kenya.
Read more "Jomo Kenyatta"Augusta Savage was the first black artist to join the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors in 1934.
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