The first black president of South Africa. - Nelson Mandela, The first black US Surgeon General. - Joycelyn Elders, The first American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Game. - Wilma Rudolph , Invented three-way traffic signals. - Garrett Morgan, The first black woman to win an Oscar for a supporting role in a movie. - Hattie McDaniel, Helped more than 300 people escape slavery.  - Harriet Tubman, NASA's first black female engineer - Mary Jackson, His "I have a dream" speech continues to inspire us today. - Martin Luther King, Jr., The first African-American woman to travel into space. - Mae C. Jemison, The youngest person to recite a poem at the US Presidential Inauguration. - Amanda Gorman, Her refusal to give up her seat on a bus started a bus boycott and led to segregation reform on public transit systems. - Rosa Parks, The first black player in the NHL while partially blind in one eye. - Willie O'Ree, Known as the "Father of Black History" because he wanted to make sure that the stories of African Americans were written and published. - Carter G. Woodson, The first black tennis player to win the French Championship, the US Open, and Wimbledon. - Althea Gibson, The first black person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in the Middle East and Africa. - Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche, The first black woman in America to star in her own tv series. - Diahann Carroll, Worked on space flight plans for Alan Shepard and John Glenn's missions in the 1960s. - Katherine Johnson, He was a mechanical engineer with many patents - improvements to ironing boards, lawn sprinklers, and train travel, to name a few! - Elijah McCoy, The first black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. - Sidney Poitier, The first Black American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize; won for her novel, The Color Purple. - Alice Walker,

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