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Breaking the Color Barrier:

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.

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Breaking the Color Barrier:

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  1. Breaking the Color Barrier: African American Firsts

  2. Television 1956: Nat King Cole Oprah Winfrey

  3. Boxing 1908: Jack Johnson Muhammad Ali

  4. Acting Award 1940:Hattie McDaniel Sidney Poitier

  5. Law 1967:Thurgood Marshall Clarence Thomas

  6. International Award 1950: Ralph Bunche Martin Luther King, Jr.

  7. First $$$ - 1910s: Madame C.J.Walker Robert Johnson Oprah Winfrey

  8. Government 1966: Edward Brooke Barak Obama

  9. Military 1940:Gen. Benjamin Davis Gen. Colin Powell

  10. Literature 1773:Phillis Wheatley Gwendolyn Brooks

  11. Education 1823:Alexander Lucien Twilight Edward Alexander Bouchet

  12. Sports (Tennis) 1957:Althea Gibson Arthur Ashe

  13. Government 2001:Colin Powell Condaleezza Rice

  14. Space 1967: Robert H. Lawrence, Jr. Guion Bluford

  15. Sports 1884: Moses Fleetwood Walker Jackie Robinson

  16. National Poetry 1976:Robert Hayden Rita Dove

  17. Acting Award 1954: Dorothy Dandridge Halle Berry

  18. Literature 1853:William Wells Brown Toni Morrison

  19. Congress 1969: Shirley Chisholm Carol Moseley Braun

  20. Medicine 1921:James McCune Smith Charles Drew

  21. Aviation 1921: Bessie Coleman Mae Jemison

  22. Sports 1960/1984: Rafer Johnson Jackie Joyner Kersee

  23. “We all have barriers to break. We may not be the first but we’ll still break barriers someday. “

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