Ruth Carol Taylor
Ruth Carol Taylor became the first African American airline flight attendant in the United States when she joined Mohawk Airlines in 1958. While she is...
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Jill Elaine Brown
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Jill Elaine Brown became the first African American woman to serve as a pilot for a major U.S airline when she was hired by Texas...
Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield
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Born a slave in 1819 in Natchez, Mississippi, Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield had little reason to dream of the life that would eventually become her own. ...
Harry Herbert Pace
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Harry Herbert Pace was the founder of the first black record company, Pace Phonograph Corporation which sold recordings under the Black Swan Records label. He...
Robert C. Maynard
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Robert C. Maynard was a pioneering journalist and newspaper publisher who made significant contributions to the field of journalism. Born on June 17, 1937, in...
Charles L. Gittens
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Charles L. Gittens was an American Secret Service agent. He joined the Secret Service in 1956, becoming the agency’s first African American agent. An Army...
George W. Gibbs, Jr
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George W. Gibbs, Jr. was the first person of African descent to set foot on Antarctica (the South Pole). He was also a civil rights leader...
Hugh Mulzac
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Hugh Mulzac, the first African American ship commander, was born on March 26, 1886, in the British West Indies’s Union Island in Saint Vincent Grenadines....
Robert Sengstacke Abbott
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Robert Sengstacke Abbott was a prominent African American lawyer, newspaper publisher, and editor. He is best known for founding the Chicago Defender, one of the...
Charles Richard Patterson
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The C.R. Patterson & Sons Company was a carriage building firm and the first African American-owned automobile manufacturer. The company was founded by Charles Richard...