P.B.S. Pinchback
P.B.S. Pinchback was the 1st black man to serve as a state governor of Louisiana, 1872
Read more "P.B.S. Pinchback"P.B.S. Pinchback was the 1st black man to serve as a state governor of Louisiana, 1872
Read more "P.B.S. Pinchback"Grace Jones 5/19/48 Jamaica. Singer, songwriter, lyricist, model, record producer, and actress.
Read more "Grace Jones"Jaki Shelton Green is the 1st black woman to be named North Carolina’s Poet Laureate, 2018
Read more "Jaki Shelton Green"Emlen Tunnell was the 1st black player for the New York Giants and the first black to be in the NFL’s Hall of Fame, 1967
Read more "Emlen Tunnell"Sharon Pratt Kelly was the 1st black woman to serve as mayor of a major American city, Washington, D.C. 1991.
Read more "Sharon Pratt Kelly"Colin Powell was the nation’s 1st black secretary of state, serving from 2001 to 2004 under President George W. Bush
Read more "Colin Powell"Amy Sherald 1st black woman artist commissioned for U.S. 1st lady portrait to be displayed in Smithsonian. 2018
Read more "Amy Sherald"Bill Russell was the 1st black coach in National Basketball Association history, for the Boston Celtics, 1966
Read more "Bill Russell"Carol Moseley Braun was the 1st black woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate, Illinois, 1992
Read more "Carol Moseley Braun"Thomas L. Jennings was the 1st black to hold a patent for a dry-cleaning process, 1821
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