Henry Ossian Flipper
Henry Ossian Flipper was the 1st black man to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point, 1877.
Read more "Henry Ossian Flipper"Henry Ossian Flipper was the 1st black man to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point, 1877.
Read more "Henry Ossian Flipper"William Monroe Trotter founded the newspaper The Guardian and helped W.E.B. Du Bois organize the Niagara Movement of 1905.
Read more "William Monroe Trotter"Cheryl Boone Isaacs 1st black president of the Acadmey of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 2013.
Read more "Cheryl Boone Isaacs"Quincy Jones 1st black nominated for “best original song” Oscars.
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Read more "Rabbi Alysa Stanton"Garrett Morgan invented a version of the three signal traffic light and became the only black man in Ohio to own a car, 1923.
Read more "Garrett Morgan"Opal Tometi is a Nigerian-American writer, co-founder Black Lives Matter, and Executive Director at BAJI (Black Alliance for Just Immigration).
Read more "Opal Tometi"Bessie Coleman was the 1st black licensed pilot in 1921.
Read more "Bessie Coleman"Bill Cosby was the first black man to appear in a lead role in a TV drama series, “I Spy” 1965.
Read more "Bill Cosby"Jasmine Twitty at 25, became the youngest black judge appointed in the history of Easley, South Carolina, 2015.
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