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During Black History Month, we recognize a wide variety of firsts, the achievements of people who overcame prejudice to be the first of their race to do a job, hold an office, lead a group.
The shorthand phrase for this is "breaking the color barrier." [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In addition to major national- and international-level firsts , African-Americans have achieved firsts on a statewide basis.
First African American to break the color barrier in a bowl game in the Deep South: Bobby Grier (Pittsburgh Panthers in the 1956 Sugar Bowl) [219] First African-American Wimbledon tennis champion: Althea Gibson (doubles, with Englishwoman Angela Buxton ); also first African American to win a Grand Slam event ( French Open ).
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.
The shorthand phrase for this is "breaking the color barrier". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The world of sports generally is invoked in the frequently cited example of Jackie Robinson , who became the first African American of the modern era to become a Major League Baseball player in 1947, after 60 years of segregated Negro leagues .
You may have heard of the pioneering entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker, but she was just one of many Black trailblazers in American business. See who else shattered barriers.
This is a list of African-American activists [1] covering various areas of activism, but primarily focused on those African-Americans who historically and currently have been fighting racism and racial injustice against African-Americans.
Per Parry, Negro History Week started during a time when Black history was being "misrepresented and demoralized" by white scholars who promoted ideas like the Lost Cause or the Plantation Myth ...