The Los Angeles Sentinel, was founded, 1933 ! ... read more »

Muddy Waters' song, "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie man," charted on the R&B charts, 1954 ... read more »

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 »

A woman who was once rescued from the Superdome on a helicopter during Hurricane Katrina has gone on to become the Louisiana Army National Guard's first Black female pilot. ... 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 »