| A | B |
|---|
| First poet | Phyllis W heatley |
| First U.S. Senator | Hiram Rhodes Revels |
| First baseball player | Moses Fleetwood |
| First professional baseball team | Cuban Giants |
| First heavyweight champion | jack Johnson |
| First All-American football player | "Fritz" Pollard |
| First to perform at the White House | Marian Anderson |
| First Oscar winner | Hattie McDaniel |
| First to play baseball in the major leagues | Jackie Robinson |
| First Pulitzer prize winner | Gwendolyn Brooks |
| First Nobel Peace Prize winner | Dr. Ralph Bunche |
| First NBA basketball player | Charles H. Cooper |
| First Wimbleton competitor | Althea Gibson |
