African Americans Past and Present.

Crispus attucks was born about 1723. He was the first man to die in the Boston Massacre on March 5 1770.

Richard Allen was born on February 14, 1760. He became the first Black licensed Preacher in 1782.

Marshall W. Taylor was born on November 21, 1878 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Taylor won his first amateur race at the age of 13. In 1899 he became the first Black champion cyclist by winning the world title.

Thurgood Marshall was born on July 2, 1908. He attended Lincoln University and received his bachelor's degree Cum Laude. He also attended the law school at Howard University and gradated Magra Cum Laude in 1933. Marshall passed the Maryland bar in 1933.
One of his most outstanding cases was Brown vs. Board of Education. This case outlawed segregation in public schools. President Johnson nominated Marshall in 1967 as associate justice to the United State Supreme Court. Marshall was confirmed by a vote of 69 to 11. On October 2, 1967 Thurgood Marshall became the first Black justice to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Jackie Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31, 1919. He became the first Black Baseball Player to play in the National Baseball Leagues when he signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. He also was the first black inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.

Sidney Poitier was born on February 20, 1927. He became the first Black to win a Best Actor Oscar in 1963.

Maya Angelou was Born: Marguerite Johnson, April 4, 1928, St. Louis, Missouri

The first black woman director in Hollywood.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. At the age of 15 he was accepted in a program for gifted students at Morehouse College, and received his bachelor's degree in sociology by the age of 19. 
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Muhammad Ali Cassius Marcellus Clay was born on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky. He is one of the first heavyweight boxer to win the heavyweight championship three times.

Carol Moseley Braun was the second African American women to run for Presidential Office. Carol Moseley Braun was born in Chicago on August 16, 1947. Ms. Moseley Braun is a graduate of the Chicago Public Schools. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Illinois-Chicago in 1968, and her law degree in 1972 from the University of Chicago. Ms. Moseley Braun has served her country as a United States Senator (1992-1998), United State Ambassador (1999-2001), as well as County Executive Officer, State Representative, and Assistant United States Attorney.

Suzan Lori Parks was born in Kentucky 1964. Parks has a degree from the Yale school of drama. Parks also wrote The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World in 1990 and many other plays. She became the first Black woman to win Pulitzer Prize in 2002. For Topdog/Underdog.

Eldrick "Tiger" Woods was born on December 30, 1975. Tiger was enrolled at Stanford University. Tiger became a  professional golfer in 1996. Woods became the first professional golfer to hold all four professional major championships at the same time. At the age of 21 Tiger Woods was the youngest Master Champion ever.

Venus Williams was born on June 17, 1980 in Lynwood, California. In 1999 Venus won the French Open doubles title with sister Serena. Also in 1999 defeated her younger sister Serena in  the WTA  Tour final. Venus and Serena are the first sisters to meet in a WTA Tour final. Venus has hit the fastest serve ever by a female at the speed of 127.4 mph. In 2000 she won 35 matches in a row. Venus and Serena are coached by their father Richard Williams .

Shani Davis Becomes First African-American To Win An individual Gold Medal In The Winter Olympics TURIN, Italy (AP) – Shani Davis knew what he was doing. Davis became the first black to win an individual gold medal in Winter Olympic history Saturday, capturing the men’s 1,000–meter speed skating race. Joey Cheek made it a 1–2 American finish, adding a silver to his victory in the 500. “I’m one of a kind,” Davis said, fully aware of how much he stands out in the white–dominated sport. Davis was No. 1 on this day, vindicating his decision to skip a new team event so he could focus on his individual races – even if it drew racially charged messages to his personal Web site – “people saying they hoped I would fall, break my leg, using the n–word." Chad Hedrick, skating the weakest of his individual events, put up an early time that stood until Davis improved on it in the 19th of 21 pairs with a clocking of 1 minute, 8.89 seconds.Four other skaters passed Hedrick as well, leaving him in sixth place – still an impressive showing considering he was skating the 1,000 for only the seventh time in his career.

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