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100 Greatest African Americans is a biographical dictionary of one hundred historically great Black Americans (in alphabetical order; that is, they are not ranked), as assessed by Temple University professor Molefi Kete Asante in 2002. A similar book was written by Columbus Salley.
Parks became one of the most impactful Black women in American history almost overnight when she refused to move to the “colored” section of a public bus in 1955.
First African-American man to receive an Oscar: James Baskett (Honorary Academy Award for his portrayal of "Uncle Remus" in Disney's Song of the South, 1946) [178] (See also: Sidney Poitier, 1964) First African-American on an Olympic basketball team and first African-American Olympic gold medal basketball winner: Don Barksdale , in the 1948 ...
The richest black person, Aliko Dangote, at the World Economic Forum, 2011. Black billionaires are individuals who are of predominantly African ancestry with a net worth of at least US$1 billion. According to the 2024 Forbes ranking of the world's billionaires, Nigerian business magnate Aliko Dangote had a net worth of $13.9 billion and was the ...
Only Black people can eclipse their history, culture and the physics of light refraction. ... I cannot salute the flag; I know that I am a black man in a white world. In 1972, in 1947, at my birth ...
Terry was enslaved in Rhode Island as a toddler but became free at age 26 after marrying a free Black man. Clotel: The President’s Daughter was the first novel published by an African American ...
The first black person on record to have successfully performed pericardium (the sac surrounding the heart) surgery to repair a wound. [193] Williams, Marguerite Thomas: 1895–1991 Geologist: First black person to receive a Ph.D. in Geology Williams, Scott W. 1943– Mathematician [194] Williams, Walter E. 1936–2020 Economist, social scientist
Not only was Winfrey the world's only Black billionaire but she has been the only Black person on the Forbes 400 list nearly every year since 1995. BET founder Bob Johnson briefly joined her on the list from 2001 to 2003 before his ex-wife acquired part of his fortune; although he returned to the list in 2006, he did not make it in 2007.