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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 first African American to vote in the United States after the passage of the 15th Amendment Thomas Mundy Peterson (October 6, 1824 – February 4, 1904) of Perth Amboy, New Jersey , has been claimed to be the first African American to vote in an election under the just-enacted provisions of the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution .
Though Casor was the first person who was declared an enslaved person in a civil case, there were both black and white indentured servants sentenced to lifetime servitude before him. Many historians describe indentured servant John Punch as the first documented slave (or slave for life) in America as punishment for escaping his captors in 1640 ...
Jackie Robinson, the first Black man to be signed by a Major League baseball team, is shown in post-swing position in front of the stands. Robinson is wearing the uniform of then-Brooklyn Dodgers ...
In 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first Black person to win an Oscar for her supporting role in Gone With the Wind. 24 years later, Sidney Poitier became the first Black man to win an Oscar for ...
James Webster Smith (June 1850 – November 30, 1876) was an American professor and a cadet at the United States Military Academy.A former slave, Smith became a scholar and is recognized as the first black person appointed to a cadetship at West Point.
William Tucker was the first known Black person to be born in the 13 colonies. He was born in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1624. ... singer and music producer Sylvia Robinson produced the first-ever ...
Black people were not American citizens and could never be citizens, the court said in a decision roundly denounced by the Republican Party as well as the abolitionists. Because enslaved people were "property, not people", by this ruling they could not sue in court. The decision was finally reversed by the Civil Rights Act of 1865. [97]