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First African American woman to win three Olympic gold medals in track and field in 1960​

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• Jackie Robinson

• Mae Jemison

• Wilma Rudolph

• Oprah Winfrey

2008; Democrat; first African American president of the US​

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• Marian Anderson

• Oprah Winfrey

• Thurgood Marshall

• Barack Obama

The first African American player in the major league of baseball. His actions helped to bring about other opportunities for African Americans.​

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• Thurgood Marshall

• Jackie Robinson

• Tony Dungy

• Wilma Ruldolph

First African American coach to win a super bowl (2007), writer of children books, and sport commentator​

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• Jackie Robinson

• Wilma Rudolph

• Tony Dungy

• Marian Anderson

American civil rights lawyer, first black justice on the Supreme Court of the United States.​

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• Thurgood Marshall

• Jackie Robinson

• Marian Anderson

• Wilma Rudolph

She is one of the world's wealthiest women and entertainers. TV Show Host​

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• Marian Anderson

• Oprah Winfrey

• Wilma Rudolph

• Mae Jemison

One of the greatest concert singers of her time. First African-American to perform at the Whitehouse.  perform at the Lincoln Memorial.​

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• Oprah Winfrey

• Marian Anderson

• Wilma Rudolph

• Mae Jemison

First African American woman in space​

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• Wilma Rudolph

• Mae Jemison

• Oprah Winfrey

• Marian Anderson

The first Black person to serve in a federal circuit that covered the Deep South. The first African American Supreme Court Justice after Reconstruction in the South​

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• Joseph Hatchett

• Tony Dungy

• Jonathan Gibbs

• Barack Obama

First African American Secretary of State in Florida​

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• Barack Obama

• Johnathan Gibbs

• Joseph Hatchett

• Thurgood Marshall