Black History Facts

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  1. 5. The 1st African American performer to win an Academy Award for her portrayal in "Gone With the Wind"
  2. 7. Created a program to encourage the study of African American history in schools, which began in February 1926 and was later expanded and renamed Black History Month
  3. 11. The 1st African American ever appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court and served from 1967 to 1991
  4. 12. The 1st African American ever elected to the U.S. Senate representing the state of Mississippi from 1870 to 1871
  5. 13. Became the 1st African American billionaire when he sold the cable station he founded, BET, in 2001
  6. 14. The 1st African American man to hold the World Heavyweight Champion boxing title in 1908
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  1. 1. The 1st Black man to become a lawyer when he passed the bar in Ohio in 1854
  2. 2. Born on a cotton plantation in Louisiana and become wealthy after inventing a line of African American hair care products
  3. 3. Became the 1st African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1895
  4. 4. Arrested 9 months prior for not giving up her bus seat to a white passenger
  5. 6. Became the 1st African American to play Major League Baseball on April 5, 1947, when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers
  6. 8. The 1st African American woman elected to the House of Representatives in 1968 representing the state of New York
  7. 9. Credited with helping spark the Civil Rights Movement when she refused to give up her public bus seat in Montgomery, AL in 1955
  8. 10. Established in February 1909 in New York City and is America’s oldest and largest civil rights organization