He broke the color line in Major League Baseball when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, becoming the first African American to play in the major leagues in the 20th century. His courage and determination in facing extreme adversity and racial discrimination ...
Sportscaster: The first African American sportscaster was Sherman "Jocko" Maxwell of WNJR in Newark, New Jersey. Maxwell worked as a sportscaster from 1929 to 1967. Major league baseball player: Second baseman Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play on a major league baseball te...
However, it was her brilliant performance in the 1990 film Ghost that won her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, making her the second African American woman to win an Oscar. Goldberg has also graced the stage with her talent, earning a Tony Award for...
North American Soccer League 3 FIFA World Cup 1 UEFA European Championship 1 Ballon d’Or 2 German Footballer of the Year 4 Kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season 12 FIFA World Cup Best Young Player Award 1 FIFA World Cup Bronze Boot 1 FUWO European Team of the Season 6 NASL Most Valuable...
Taraji P. Henson has been collecting awards and accolades since she started acting (and singing) in 1992, including being the first African-American woman to win a Critic's Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series. She's also a fan of the...
Larry Doby from Paterson, seen here in 1997, was a great baseball player but made history as the first African-American ballplayer to play in the American League in 1947.The 2010 inductee into the New Jersey Hall of Famehelped the Cleveland Indians (now Guardians) to a World Series title ...
Some of the biggest names in American sports history have been embroiled in controversy, as have powerful players behind the scenes, leading to lifetime bans. Searching through a variety of sports, taking into account athletes, coaches, owners, and even umpires,Stackercompiled a list of 30 fam...
after Johnson’s victory. For over 13 years, he was the most famous and notorious African American, transcending boxing to become part of the history of racism in America.In 1912, he opened a successful desegregated restaurant and nightclub with his white wife, drawing controversy. Arrested for...
Her achievements– In the year 2015, Misty Copeland became the first African-American female who has been promoted to the position of the Principal dancer and this happened in the 75 year history. She is an inspiration for all those brown girls out there!
Albright had served as the country’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. In 2004, Condoleezza Rice became the second woman–and first African American woman to hold the job. Five years later, in January 2009, the former Senator (and First Lady)Hillary Rodham Clintonbecame the third...