Breaking the Color Barrier:. African American Firsts. Television 1956: Nat King Cole. Oprah Winfrey. Boxing 1908: Jack Johnson. Muhammad Ali. Acting Award 1940: Hattie McDaniel. Sidney Poitier. Law 1967: Thurgood Marshall. Clarence Thomas. International Award 1950: Ralph Bunche. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Breaking the Color Barrier:
African American Firsts
Television 1956: Nat King Cole
Oprah Winfrey
Boxing 1908: Jack Johnson
Muhammad Ali
Acting Award 1940:
Hattie McDaniel
Sidney Poitier
Law 1967:
Thurgood Marshall
Clarence Thomas
International Award 1950:
Ralph Bunche
Martin Luther King, Jr.
First $$$ - 1910s: Madame C.J.Walker
Oprah Winfrey
Robert Johnson
Government 1966:
Edward Brooke
Barak Obama
Military 1940:
Gen. Benjamin Davis
Gen. Colin Powell
Literature 1773:Phillis Wheatley
Gwendolyn Brooks
Education 1823: Alexander Lucien Twilight
Edward Alexander Bouchet
Sports (Tennis) 1957:
Althea Gibson
Arthur Ashe
Government 2001:Colin Powell
Condaleezza Rice
Space 1967: Robert H. Lawrence, Jr.
Guion Bluford
Sports 1884:
Moses Fleetwood Walker
Jackie Robinson
National Poetry 1976:
Robert Hayden
Rita Dove
Acting Award 1954:
Dorothy Dandridge
Halle Berry
Literature 1853:
William Wells Brown
Toni Morrison
Congress 1969:
Shirley Chisholm
Carol Moseley Braun
Medicine 1921:
James McCune Smith
Charles Drew
Aviation 1921:
Bessie Coleman
Mae Jemison
Sports 1960/1984: Rafer Johnson
Jackie Joyner Kersee
“We all have barriers to break. We may not be the first but we’ll still break barriers someday. “