Famous Firsts Flashcards
(30 cards)
In 1946 a fifty-cent coin was issued that was the first coin to honor an African American and the first one designed by an African American. who did it commemorate
Booker T. Washington
Who became the first African American female lawyer in 1872
Charlotte E. Ray
Who was the first African American soldier to receive the congressional medal of honor for his outstanding bravery at the battle of Ft. Wagner in the Civil War
William H. Carney
In 1993 who became the first black woman of ANY nationality to win the Nobel Prize for Literature
Toni Morrison
Who was the first African American, and first Female of ANY race to establish and head a bank in the United States
Maggie Lena Walker
The first workers both black and white that the colonists purchased and brought to America were called what
Indentured servants
Who was the first African American to receive international recognition as a poet and novelist
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
What African American served as a navigator and craftsman for Robert Peary and was a member of the first expedition to reach geographic North Pole in 1990
Matthew Henson
Who was the first African American soldier to be awarded the congressional Medal of Honor for service in the Vietnam War
Milton Olive
Who founded the first African American Baptist Church of Savannah the first black Baptist church to be established in America
Andrew Bryan
Who published “Freedoms Journal, the first newspaper to be owned,operated, published and edited by African Americans
John Russwurm
George Monroe and William Robinson were among the first blacks to participate in what mail delivery service
Pony Express
Who was the first African American ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church of the United States
Absalom Jones
What abolitionist and leader in the free black community of Boston founded the first African American Masonic Lodge
Prince Hall
Who was the first black child born in colonial American at Jamestown, Virginia
William Tucker
The first military ship named after an African American was the first cultural adviser to the peace corps
Harry Belafonte
Who was the first African American astronaut in space
Guion Bluford Jr
Two different black chefs are often given credit for making the first potato chips. Who are they
Hyram S. T. Bennett and George Crum
What was the first black owned company to be listed on the American Stock Exchange
Johnson Products, Company
Who was the first African American to have a seat on the New York Stock Exchange
Joseph L. Searles
In 1940 who became the first African American to rise to the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Army
Benjamin O. Davis Jr
In 1975 who became the first African American to reach the rank of four-star general in the U.S military
Daniel James Jr
In 1940 who became the first African American to win an Academy Award when she was awarded the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in Gone With the Wind
Hattie McDaniel
Where did Patrick Francis Healy become the first black president of a predominantly white university in 1871
Georgetown University
