Dr Mae Carol Jemison - First black woman in space 1992
Whitney houston
The first black woman or man to sing with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City was Marian Anderson. She did this on January 7, 1955.
Oprah Winfrey
Babe Zaharias in 1935 was the first black woman athlete on a Wheaties box
Lorraine Hansberry
The first African-American play on Broadway was In Dahomey. This play was written by and starring African-Americans (music by Will Marion Cook, lyrics by Paul Lawrence Dunbar, and book by Jesse A. Ship). It debuted in 1903.
Linda L. Baker was the first black woman accountant.
Daniel Radcliffe will be on Broadway in New York and playing an uncle in The Woman in Black.
Madam CJ Walker was the first black woman to invent the perm for women
The first black woman soccer player was named Briana Scurry. She was the goalkeeper. As of 2014, she is now retired.
My idol, Serena Williams was the first black woman to win a major tennis championship.
"A black woman can invent something for the benefit of human kind" - Bessie Blount She invented a feeding tube for amputees.
Bessie Coleman
The first Black Miss Arkansas was Lencola Sullivan
Dr Mae Carol Jemison - First black woman in space 1992
opera Winfrey