1951 First African American named to the College Football Hall of Fame: Duke Slater, University of Iowa (1918–1921)[124] 1952 First African-American woman elected to a U.S. state senate: Cora Brown, Democrat (Michigan)[125] First African-American U.S. Marine Corps aviator: Frank E. Petersen[126] First African-American woman to be nominated for a national political office: Charlotta Bass, Vice President (Progressive Party) (See also: 2000) [127] 1953 First African-American basketball player to play in the NBA All-Star Game: Don Barksdale in the 1953 NBA All-Star Game[101] First African American named as Dean of chapel at a majority white university: Howard Thurman at Marsh Chapel, Boston University[relevant? – discuss] First African-American quarterback to play in the National Football League during the modern (post-World War II) era: Willie Thrower (Chicago Bears)[128][relevant? – discuss] 1954 First African-American U.S. Navy Diver: Carl Brashear[129] First African-American woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress: Dorothy Dandridge (Carmen Jones, 1954).[130][Note 13] First individual African-American woman as subject on the cover of Life magazine: Dorothy Dandridge, November 1, 1954[130] First African-American page for the U.S. Supreme Court, and first to be enrolled in the Capitol Page School: Charles V. Bush[131] 1955 First African-American member of the Metropolitan Opera: Marian Anderson[132] First African-American male dancer in a major ballet company: Arthur Mitchell (New York City Ballet; also first African-American principal dancer of a major ballet company (NYCB), 1956.[133] (See also: 1969) First African-American singer to appear in a telecast opera: Leontyne Price in NBCs production of Tosca[relevant? – discuss] First African-American pilot of a scheduled US airline: August Martin (cargo airline Seaboard & Western Airlines)[134][135] (See also: 1964) 1956 First African-American U.S. Secret Service agent: Charles Gittens[136][137] First African American to break the color barrier in a bowl game in the Deep South: Bobby Grier, (Pittsburgh Panthers in the 1956 Sugar Bowl)[138] First African American Wimbledon tennis champion: Althea Gibson (doubles, with Englishwoman Angela Buxton); also first African American to win a Grand Slam event (French Open).[139] (See also: Arthur Ashe, 1968; Serena Williams, 2003) First African American to win the Cy Young Award as the top pitcher in Major League Baseball, in the awards inaugural year: Don Newcombe (Brooklyn Dodgers)[140] 1957 First African American assistant coach in the NFL: Lowell W. Perry (See also: 1966)[141] First African American to win the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival: John Kitzmiller (Dolina Miru)[citation needed] First African American to win Major League Baseballs Gold Glove, in the awards inaugural year: Willie Mays (New York Giants)[142][Note 14] 1958 First African American to reach number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100: Tommy Edwards (Its All in the Game), September 29 (See also: The Platters, 1959)[citation needed] First African American flight attendant: Ruth Carol Taylor (Mohawk Airlines)[143] 1959 First African-American Grammy Award winners, in the awards inaugural year: Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie (two awards each)[144] First African American television journalist: Louis Lomax First African American group to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100: The Platters (Smoke Gets in Your Eyes), January 19 (See also: Tommy Edwards, 1958) First African American to win a major national player of the year award in college basketball: Oscar Robertson, USBWA Player of the Year[Note 15] (in that awards inaugural year) 1960s 1960 First African-American U.S. presidential candidate: Rev. Clennon King, on the Independent Afro-American party 1961 First African American to win the Heisman Trophy: Ernie Davis First African-American tenor to sing leading roles for the Metropolitan Opera: George Shirley First African-American delegate to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization: Edith S. Sampson (See also: 1950) First African-American to go over Niagara Falls: Nathan Boya a.k.a. William FitzGerald 1962 First African American to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame: Jackie Robinson (See also: Satchel Paige, 1971) First African-American coach in Major League Baseball: John Jordan Buck ONeil (Chicago Cubs) First African-American composer nominated for an Academy Award: Duke Ellington (Best Music, Scoring of a Motion Picture, Paris Blues)[citation needed] First African-American attorney general of a state: Edward Brooke (Massachusetts) (See also: 1966) 1963 First African-American bank examiner for the United States Department of the Treasury: Roland Burris First African American named as Time magazines Man of the Year: Martin Luther King, Jr.[145] First African-American police officer of the NYPD to be named a precinct commander: Lloyd Sealy, commander of the NYPDs 28th Precinct in Harlem.[146] First African American to be named American League MVP: Elston Howard (New York Yankees) (See also: Jackie Robinson, 1949) First African-American chess master: Walter Harris[147][148] First African American to appear as a series regular on a prime time dramatic television series: Cicely Tyson, East Side/West Side (CBS). First African-American to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award: Diahann Carroll, for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role, for episode A Horse Has a Big Head, Let Him Worry of Naked City First African Americans inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame: New York Renaissance, inducted as a team. (See also: Bob Douglas, 1972; Bill Russell, 1975; Clarence Gaines, 1982) First African American to graduate from the U.S. Air Force Academy: Charles V. Bush. First African American to win a NASCAR Grand National event: Wendell Scott at Speedway Park, Jacksonville, Florida (To date, he is the only one.) 1964 First African-American pilot for a major commercial airline: David Harris, American Airlines[149][Note 16] (See also: 1955 and Marlon Green) First movie with African-American interracial marriage: One Potato, Two Potato,[151] actors Bernie Hamilton and Barbara Barrie, written by Orville H. Hampton, Raphael Hayes, directed by Larry Peerce First African-American man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor: Sidney Poitier (Lilies of the Field, 1963) (See also: James Baskett, 1948) First African-American Baseball Player to be named the World Series MVP: Bob Gibson (St. Louis Cardinals)[citation needed] 1965 First African-American nationally syndicated cartoonist: Morrie Turner (Wee Pals) First African-American title character of a comic book series: Lobo (Dell Comics).[152] (See also: The Falcon, 1969, and Luke Cage, 1972) First African-American star of a network television drama: Bill Cosby, I Spy (co-star with Robert Culp) First African-American cast member of a daytime soap opera: Micki Grant who played Peggy Nolan Harris on Another World until 1972. First African-American Playboy Playmate centerfold: Jennifer Jackson (March issue) First African-American U.S. Air Force general: Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr. (three-star lieutenant general) First African-American female Ambassador of the United States: Patricia Roberts Harris, ambassador to Luxembourg First African-American NFL official: Burl Toler, field judge/head linesman First African-American to win a national chess championship: Frank Street, Jr. (U.S. Amateur Championship)[153] First African-American United States Solicitor General: Thurgood Marshall (See also: 1967) 1966 First African American male to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and first African American to win a Primetime Emmy Award: Bill Cosby, I Spy First African-American coach in the National Basketball Association: Bill Russell (Boston Celtics) First African-American mayor of a U.S. city: Robert C. Henry, (Springfield, Ohio, appointed by city commission) First African-American model on the cover of a Vogue (British Vogue) magazine: Donyale Luna First post-Reconstruction African American elected to the U.S. Senate (and first African American elected to the U.S. Senate by popular vote): Edward Brooke (Republican; Massachusetts) (See also: 1962) First African American Cabinet secretary: Robert C. Weaver (Department of Housing and Urban Development) First African-American Major League Baseball umpire: Emmett Ashford First African-American NFL broadcaster: Lowell W. Perry[citation needed] (CBS, on Pittsburgh Steelers games) (See also: 1957) First African-American fire commissioner of a major U.S. City: Robert O. Lowery of the New York City Fire Department 1967 First African American elected mayor of a large U.S. city: Carl B. Stokes (Cleveland, Ohio) First African American appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States: Thurgood Marshall (See also: 1965) First African American selected for astronaut training: Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. First African American to win a PGA Tour event: Charlie Sifford (1967 Greater Hartford Open Invitational) First African American to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Emlen Tunnell First African-American interracial kiss on network television: entertainers Nancy Sinatra (Caucasian) and Sammy Davis, Jr. (African American) on Sinatras variety special Movin With Nancy, airing December 11 on NBC[154] (See also: 1968) 1968 First African-American interracial kiss on a network television drama: Uhura, played by Nichelle Nichols (African American), and Captain Kirk, played by William Shatner (white Canadian): Star Trek: Platos Stepchildren (See also: 1967) First African-American woman elected to U.S. House of Representatives: Shirley Chisholm (Democrat; New York) First African-American appointed as a United States Assistant Secretary of State: Barbara M. Watson First African-American man to win a Grand Slam tennis event: Arthur Ashe (US Open) (See also: Althea Gibson, 1956; Serena Williams, 2003) First African American to start at quarterback in the modern era of professional football: Marlin Briscoe (Denver Broncos, AFL) First African-American commissioned officer awarded the Medal of Honor: Riley L. Pitts First fine-arts museum devoted to African-American work: Studio Museum in Harlem First African-American actress to star in her own television series where she did not play a domestic worker: Diahann Carroll in Julia First African-American woman as Presidential candidate: Charlene Mitchell (See also: Shirley Chisholm, 1972) First African-American woman reporter for The New York Times: Nancy Hicks Maynard First African-American coach to win NBA Championship: Bill Russell 1969 First African-American superhero: The Falcon, Marvel Comics Captain America #117 (Sept. 1969).[155][Note 17] (See also: Lobo, 1965 and Luke Cage, 1972) First African-American graduate of Harvard Business School: Lillian Lincoln First African-American director of a major Hollywood motion picture: Gordon Parks (The Learning Tree) First African-American founder of a classical training school and company of ballet: Arthur Mitchell, Dance Theatre of Harlem (See also: 1955) First African-American woman to appear on the Grand Ole Opry: Linda Martell 1970s 1970 First African American to head an Episcopal diocese: John Melville Burgess, diocesan bishop of Massachusetts[156] First African-American U.S. Navy Master Diver: Carl Brashear First African-American member of the New York Stock Exchange: Joseph L. Searles III [157] First African-American basketball player to win the NBA All Star MVP, the NBA Finals MVP, & the NBA MVP all in the same season: Willis Reed (New York Knicks) First African-American NCAA Division I basketball coach: Will Robinson (Illinois State University)[Note 18] 1971 First African-American owners of a radio station: Hal Jackson and Percy Sutton, WLIB-New York First African-American pitcher to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame: Satchel Paige (See also: Jackie Robinson, 1962) First African-American president of the New York City Board of Education: Isaiah Edward Robinson, Jr. First African American to win an Academy Award in a non-acting category, winning Academy Award for Best Original Song: Isaac Hayes 1972 First African American to campaign for the U.S. presidency in a major political party and to win a U.S. presidential primary/caucus: Shirley Chisholm (Democratic Party, New Jersey primary) (See also: 1968) First African-American superhero to star in own comic-book series: Luke Cage, Marvel Comics Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1 (June 1972).[158][Note 17] (See also: Lobo, 1965, and the Falcon, 1969) First African-American National Basketball Association general manager: Wayne Embry First African-American interracial romantic kiss in a mainstream comics magazine: The Men Who Called Him Monster, by writer Don McGregor (See also: 1975) and artist Luis Garcia, in Warren Publishings black-and-white horror-comics magazine Creepy #43 (Jan. 1972) (See also: 1975)[159] First African-American interracial male kiss on network television: Sammy Davis, Jr. (African American) and Carroll OConnor (Caucasian) in All in the Family[160] First African American inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame: Team-owner and coach Bob Douglas, in the category of contributor (See also: New York Renaissance, 1963; player Bill Russell, 1975; coach Clarence Gaines, 1982) First African-American woman Broadway director: Vinnette Justine Carroll (Dont Bother Me, I Cant Cope) First African-American comic-book creator to receive a created by cover-credit: Wayne Howard (Midnight Tales #1) 1973 First African-American artistic director of a professional regional theater: Harold Scott (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park) First African-American Bond villain: Yaphet Kotto, playing Mr. Big/Dr. Kananga, Live and Let Die. First African-American Bond Girl in a James Bond movie: Gloria Hendry (playing Rosie Carver), Live and Let Die. First African American elected mayor of Los Angeles, California: Tom Bradley First African-American psychologist in the U.S. Air Force: John D. Robinson First African-American woman mayor of a U.S. metropolitan city: Doris A. Davis, Compton, California 1974 First African-American woman to win a Primetime Emmy Award: Cicely Tyson, for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie, for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman First African-American model on the cover of American Vogue magazine: Beverly Johnson 1975 First African American elected mayor, and first mayor, of Washington, D.C.: Walter Washington First African-American game show host: Adam Wade (CBS Musical Chairs) First African-American four-star general: Daniel James, Jr. First African American inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a player: Bill Russell (See also: New York Renaissance, 1963; Bob Douglas, 1972; Clarence Gaines, 1982) First African-American interracial couple in a TV-series cast: The Jeffersons, actors Franklin Cover (Caucasian) and Roxie Roker (African American) as Tom & Helen Willis; series creator: Norman Lear First African-American interracial romantic kiss in a color comic book: Amazing Adventures #31 (July 1975), feature Killraven: Warrior of the Worlds, characters MShulla Scott and Carmilla Frost, by writer Don McGregor and artist P. Craig Russell (See also: 1972) First African-American manager in Major League Baseball: Frank Robinson (Cleveland Indians) First African-American model on the cover of Elle magazine: Beverly Johnson First African-American psychologist in the U.S. Navy: John D. Robinson First African American to play in a mens major golf championship: Lee Elder (The Masters) First African American to be named Super Bowl MVP in NFL: Franco Harris (Pittsburgh Steelers). Of mixed heritage, Harris was also first Italian American to win the award. First African-American women named as Time magazines, Person of the Year: Barbara Jordan and Addie L. Wyatt [161]
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