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Hakeem Olajuwon (1963– )
Hakeem Olajuwon was a professional and collegiate basketball player, and is now retired. Olajuwon was born in Lagos, Nigeria, in...
William “Willie the Pro” Thrower (1930-2002)
William ‘Willie the Pro” Thrower was the first African American to play as a quarterback in the National Football League...
George Coleman Poage (1880-1962)
George Poage ran track in the 1904 Olympic Games and was the first African American to ever win an Olympic...
William DeHart Hubbard (1903-1976)
William DeHart Hubbard was the first African American to win a gold medal at the Olympics as an individual, placing...
Debi Thomas (1967- )
Debi Thomas is a figure skater and physician who is the first African American woman to win a medal in...
Oliver Lewis (1856-1924)
In 1875, Oliver Lewis became the first jockey to win the Kentucky Derby, America’s longest continuous sporting event. Lewis was...
Wendell Oliver Scott (1921-1990)
Wendell Oliver Scott was the first African American race car driver to win a race in what would now be...
Beverly Johnson (1952- )
Beverly Johnson is a model, actress, singer, and businesswoman who in 1971 became the first African American woman to appear...
Perry Young Jr. (1919-1998)
Perry Young Jr, an airplane and helicopter pilot, was the first African American person to be hired by a commercial...
William “Bill” Pinkney (1935- )
William “Bill” Pinkney is the first African American, and only the fourth person in the world to circumnavigate the globe...
Edward Mitchell Bannister (1828-1901)
Artist Edward Bannister was a painter who concentrated on pastoral landscape scenes depicting the beauty and serenity of nature. He...
Truman Gibson (1912-2005)
Truman Gibson was an African American businessman, attorney, government advisor, and boxing promoter. Gibson, the son of an insurance executive,...