Who was the 1st black solo singer to have a #1 hit on the Billboard charts?

In 1929___ became the 1st black sportscaster at the age of 22 when he began doing weekly sports reports on WNJR in Newark, New Jersey.

In 1940, ___ was the 1st black performer to win an academy award for best suporting actress, for her role as "mammy" in the film "Gone With the Wind," she was also a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated.

Shirley Chisholm was the 1st black woman elected to The House of Representatives. She was also one of the 1st African American Women to run for president. 

In 1887___ became the 1st black woman to be admitted to NASA's astronaut training program. Five years later she became the first woman in space after flying the Endeavor. She is also an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. 

___ nicknames Stage Coach Mary was the 1st black woman to become a U.S. postal service carrier. Born into slavery, she protected her mail from thieves by dawning two guns and intimidating bandits during her deliveries.

___ became Gainesville's 1st black mayor in 1885 after several (7)  successful terms as the city's first black city councilman in 1978. 

Madam C.J. Walker was the 1st black woman to become a self-made millionaire after inventing a line of __. She is recorded as the 1st self-made millionaire in the Guinness Book of World Records.  

At the age of ___ Katherine Johnson began working in Aeronautics and joined NASA after its founding. She performed calculations that sent the 1st  astronauts into orbit and later to the moon. She was also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. 

Martin Luther King Jr. was born as a Micheal King Jr. on January 15, 1929. However, his father traveled to Germany and became inspired by the protestant reformation leader Martin Luther. As a result, King Sr. changed his name and that of his five-year-old son. 

Thurgood Marshall was the first black man to become a lawyer after passing the BAR in 1854.  He was later elected in 1855, becoming the 1st black man to hold a public office.

Beverly Johnson is the first black woman to be on the cover of ___ magazine in 1974 and 1975.

Tarana Burke founded the ___ movement in 2006 to address the inequality of resources for marginalized women experiencing violence. The hashtag shed light on the epidemic of sexual violence and created a community of survivors around the world.

___ was an African- American man who escaped enslavement in North Carolina and became a Union spy during the Civil War and recruited Black soldiers to fight with the North.

___ are responsible for a lot of the common appliances and everyday things that often go unnoticed such as the home security system, rock and roll, 3D movies, and the heater. 

Before E.E. Butler became synonymous with a well-traveled thoroughfare, the name belonged to a medical professional and the 1st black ___ for the city of Gainesville. Dr. Emmett Etheridge Butler ended up in Gainesville in 1936 after completing his terminal medical degree. His goal was to provide proper medical care to the African American community.

What was the 1st black sorority, founded on the campus of Howard University, established as a Greek-Letter Organization in 1908?

What year were the first black students enrolled at Brenau University?

What was the first black intercollegiate Greek Letter fraternity founded on the campus of Cornell University in 1906?