Alice Coachman

Alice Coachman first black woman to be selected for an Olympic team and first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, 1948, as a high jumper.

Alice Coachman, high jumper, in 1952 became the first black woman to endorse an international product as a spokesperson for Coca-Cola.

Mifflin W. Gibbs

Mifflin W. Gibbs was the 1st black judge elected in the U.S, Arkansas; 1973.

Albert John Luthuli was the 1st black African to win a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the non-violent struggle against apartheid; 1960.

Paula Dance is the 1st black woman elected county sheriff in North Carolina; 2018.

John H. Johnson first black to be listed by Forbes Magazine as one of the 400 richest Americans.

Anna Arnold Hedgeman was the only woman on the organizing committee for the 1963 March on Washington and was another “hidden figure”.

Ludmya Bordeau “Mia” Love 1975-2025, is the 1st black republican woman to serve in the House of Representatives, Utah; 2014.

Ashmun Institute was the 1st school of higher learning for young black men, Pennsylvania; 1854.

Claudette Colvin in 1955 at age 15 refused to give up her seat on a bus months before Rosa Parks.