Famous Black/African-Americans

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  1. 4. First African American woman billionaire
  2. 7. Published I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
  3. 8. First African American to play in Major League Baseball, when he joins the Brooklyn Dodgers
  4. 9. Famous female “Conductor” on the Underground Railroad
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  1. 1. First Black man to win Academy Award for best actor
  2. 2. An ex-slave and frequent speaker on abolitionist and women’s rights, delivers “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech at the Women’s Convention in Akron, Ohio
  3. 3. The first Black female astronaut in NASA history and the first Black woman to go to space
  4. 5. Inventor of a self-regulating lubricator for steam engines
  5. 6. First African American woman to become a Major General in the U.S. Army
  6. 9. First African American woman to win Academy Award for best actress