Black Firsts

<b>A celebration of achievement accomplishments and pride!</b><p>The first African American president U.S. senator <i>and</i> the first black lawyer in the Department of Education. The first black chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff <i>and</i> the first African American commissioned officer in the Marine Corps. The first black professors in a variety of fields. The first African American advertising agency. The first African American Olympian. The first black pilot for a scheduled commercial airline. The first recorded slave revolt in North America. The first African American cookbook writer.<p>Revel and rejoice in the renowned and lesser-known barrier-breaking trailblazers in all fields-arts entertainment business civil rights education government invention journalism religion science sports music and more. <i><b>Black Firsts: 500 Years of Trailblazing Achievements and Ground-Breaking Events Fourth Edition</i></b> bears witness to the long and complex history of African Americans! <p>Expanded updated and revised for the first time in over eight years <i><b>Black Firsts</i></b> collects more than 500 all-new achievements and previously unearthed firsts. This massive tome proves that African American accomplishments are wide-ranging and ongoing documenting thousands of personal victories and triumphs.<li>Who was the first black American depicted on a postage stamp? (<i>1940 Booker Taliaferro Washington</i>)<li>Who was the first African American bookseller? (<i>1834 David Ruggles New York City</i>)<li>Where was the first black car dealership? (<i>1941 Edward Davis Detroit Studebaker</i>)<li>When was the first black-owned company listed on a major stock exchange? (<i>1971 Johnson Products</i>)<li>Who was the first black U.S. senator? (<i>1870 Hiram Rhoades [Rhodes] Revels Mississippi</i>)<li>Who was the African American columnist who won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary? (<i>1989 Clarence Page</i>)<li>Who was the U.S. Supreme Court's first black justice? (<i>1967 Thurgood Marshall</i>)<li>Who first broke the color barrier to become a flight attendant? (<i>1958 Ruth Carol Taylor</i>)<li>Who became the first black to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point? (<i>1877 Henry Ossian Flipper</i>)<li>Which model was the first black to grace <i>Sports Illustrated</i> cover? (<i>1997 Tyra Banks</i>)<li>Who became the American Medical Association's first black president? (<i>1995 Lonnie Bristow</i>)<li>What is the oldest surviving black church in America? (<i>The African Meeting House built in 1806 and known as the Joy Street Baptist Church in Boston</i>)<li>Who became the first black pitcher to win a World Series game? (<i>1952 Rookie of the Year Joe Black of the Brooklyn Dodgers</i>)<li>Who was the first regularly recognized black physician in the United States? (<i>1780s James Durham [Derham]</i>)<li>Who was the first black actress to receive an Emmy Award? (<i>1969 Gail Fisher</i>)<li>Who became the first black professional football player? (<i>1904 Charles W. Follis</i>)<li>What was first short story published by a black woman in the United States? (<i>1859 Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's The Two Offers</i>)<li>Who was the black explorer who joined the Lewis and Clark expedition? (<i>York</i>)<li>Who was the first black lawyer to argue a case before the Supreme Court? (<i>1880 Samuel R. Lowery</i>)<li>Which two songs by black Americans were the first to be send out of the solar system? (<i>1977 Chuck Berry's song Johnny B. Goode and Blind Willie Johnson's Dark Was the Night Cold Was the Ground on Voyager I</i>)<li>What famous inventor and agronomist has a national monument named after him in Diamond Missouri? (<i>1960 George Washington Carver</i>)<li>What movie featured the first black female lead in a Disney animated feature? (<i>2009 The Princess and the Frog starred Anika Noni Rose</i>)<li>Who was the first black American to win a gold meda