Henry O. Flipper
Born near Thomasville, Georgia on March 21, 1856, Henry O. Flipper rose to prominence as the first African American graduate of the United States Military...
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Ebenezer D. Bassett
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Ebenezer D. Bassett was appointed U.S. Minister Resident to Haiti in 1869, making him the first African American diplomat. For eight years, the educator, abolitionist,...
1st Rhode Island Regiment
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The 1st Rhode Island Regiment was a Continental Army regiment during the American Revolutionary War. The 1st Rhode Island Regiment became known as the “Black...
Macon Bolling Allen
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Macon Bolling Allen is believed to be the first black man in the United States who was licensed to practice law. Born Allen Macon Bolling...
Charlotte E. Ray
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Charlotte E. Ray, the first African American woman to practice law in the United States, was born on January 13, 1850, in New York City,...
Edward William Brooke III
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Edward William Brooke III was the first African American to be elected by popular vote to the United States Senate. Brooke, an African American, Protestant...
George Edwin Taylor
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Born in the pre-Civil War South to a mother who was free and a father who was enslaved, George Edwin Taylor became the first African...
Dr. Carolyn L. Robertson Payton
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Dr. Carolyn L. Robertson Payton was the first African American and the first woman to become the director of the U.S. Peace Corps. She was...
Joseph Hayne Rainey
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In 1870 Republican Joseph Hayne Rainey became the first African American to be elected to the United States House of Representatives and take his seat. ...
Crystal Bird Fauset
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Crystal Bird Fauset, the first African-American female state legislators in the United States, was born on June 27, 1894, in Princess Anne, Maryland. She grew...