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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.
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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 Robert Johnson Oprah Winfrey
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. “