Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson was nominated for the Supreme Court by President Joe Biden on February 25, 2022. She was confirmed by the United States
In 1967, Thurgood Marshall was appointed Justice of the Supreme Court by President Lyndon B. Johnson. This made him the first African American ever appointed
In 2008, Barack Obama became the first African American to be elected President of the United States.
On January 25, 1972, Shirley Chisholm became the first African American woman to become a candidate for the presidency of the United States.
In 1870, Senator Hiram Rhodes Revels became the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate. He represented Mississippi (MS) as a Republican.
On January 20, 1986, the United States celebrated King’s birthday as a holiday for the first time. Martin Luther King Day is observed on the third Monday in
Benjamin Banneker is often known as the “First African American Scientist.”
Madam C.J. Walker went from being a laundress to America’s first self-made African American millionaire businesswoman.
George Washington Carver created 325 different uses for the peanut.
Dr. Susan McKinney Steward was the first African American woman physician in New York and the third African American woman physician in the U.S.
Bessie Coleman was the first African American female and Native American female pilot.
Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first African American registered nurse in the United States.
Mary Winston Jackson was an African American mathematician and aerospace engineer at NASA.
Dr. Mae C. Jemison, an engineer and a physician, is first African American female astronaut.
Granville T. Woods is often known as the “Black Edison.” During his lifetime, he registered almost 60 patents.
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