Mike Carey 1st black to referee a Super Bowl game, 2008.

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Barbara Hillary 1st black woman to reach the North Pole, 2007.

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Sophia Danenberg 1st black to reach the peak of Mount Everest, 2006.

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David Harris 1st black pilot for a major commercial airline, 1964.

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Ruby Bridges 1st black child to attend an all-white elementary school in the south, 1960.

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Ruth Carol Taylor first black flight attendant, 1958.

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Keisha Knight Pulliam youngest person at 6 to be nominated for an Emmy.

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Leontyne Price 1st black singer to appear in an opera on tv, 1955.

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Marian Anderson 1st black member of the Metropolitan Opera, 1955.

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Wendell Scott 1st black driver in NASCAR, 1952.

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