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African -American " Firsts"

The first African-Americans to...

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First poetPhyllis W heatley
First U.S. SenatorHiram Rhodes Revels
First baseball playerMoses Fleetwood
First professional baseball teamCuban Giants
First heavyweight championjack Johnson
First All-American football player"Fritz" Pollard
First to perform at the White HouseMarian Anderson
First Oscar winnerHattie McDaniel
First to play baseball in the major leaguesJackie Robinson
First Pulitzer prize winnerGwendolyn Brooks
First Nobel Peace Prize winnerDr. Ralph Bunche
First NBA basketball playerCharles H. Cooper
First Wimbleton competitorAlthea Gibson