Terrence Blanchard, 59, is the first Black Trumpeter and Composer to have his work performed at the Metropolitan Opera.  ... read more »

In 2009, Susan Rice was appointed by former President Barack Obama as the first African American woman to serve as the United States Ambassador of the United Nations.  ... read more »

Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play Major League Baseball, joining the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 5, 1947.  ... read more »

Kenneth Hahn was the only elected politician to meet Reverent Martin Luther King Jr. at the airport when he visited Los Angeles in 1961. ... read more »

Tarana Burkę founded the #MeToo movement in 2006, creating a hashtag and a voice to the many untold stories of victims of sexual assault.  ... read more »

After almost 100 competitions, Zaila Avant-Garde, 14, became the first Black contestant to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee  ... read more »

The first Black Barbie doll, Christie, premiered in 1968 in response to the Equal Rights Movement.  ... read more »

Robert Johnson became the first African American billionaire when he sold his cable television station, Black Entertainment Television ... read more »

Sharon Jackson-Lee is one of the longest-serving African American women in Congress. ... read more »

Quinton Byfield, 19, is the highest drafted Black hockey player in NHL history.  ... read more »

In 2008, former President Barack Obama became the first Black President of the United States.  ... read more »

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (AKA), founded at Howard University in 1908, is the oldest Black female Greek-letter organization.  ... read more »

Vice President Kamala Harris became the first woman, and woman of color, to be sworn into the office of Vice President of the United States.  ... read more »

From 1810 to 1850, around 10,000 enslaved people escaped to the North via the Underground Railroad.  ... read more »

In January 2021, Reverend Raphael Warnock, 51, became Georgia's first Black senator.   ... read more »