Black History Facts 3

1960–1988 Professional tennis player who was the first African American to win the U.S. Open.

• Serena Williams

• Venus Williams

• Arthur Ashe

• Tiger Woods

1966 First African American woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Queen Latifah

• Oprah Winfrey

• Maya Angelou

• Halle Berry

1951 Neurosurgeon who led the first successful operation to separate a pair of conjoined twin infants.

• Ben Carson

• George Jefferson

• Dr. Phil

• Dr. Suess

1924–2005 Educator and politician who was the first woman to run for the Democratic presidential nomination.

• Kamala Harris

• Gretchen Whitmer

• Shirley Chisolm

• Sherry Gay-Dagnago

1919 –1972 Baseball player who was the �first African American Major League Baseball player of the modern era.

• Michael Jordan

• Shaquille O'Neal

• Jackie Roberson

• Stephen Curry

1867–1919 First female self-made millionaire in America.

• Madame CJ Walker

• Beverly Johnson

• Sherry Headly

• Tisha Campbell

1940-2020 U.S. Congressman and civil rights activist who was one of the original 13 Freedom Riders.

• Jessie Jackson

• John Lewis

• Al Sharpton

• Jewell Jones

1942–2018 Singer who was the first female artist inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Lived in Detroit, MI

• Anita Baker

• Beyonce

• Aretha Franklin

• Natalie Cole

1961 First African American to hold the office of President of the United States. 44th President of the United States of America

• Donald Trump

• Barack Obama

• Joe Biden

• George Bush

1939 Inventor and physicist who developed the first moon-based space observatory: an ultraviolet camera on Apollo 16.

• George Washington Carver

• George Carruthers

• Michael Jackson

• Lee Baker