The document lists several individuals who were firsts as African Americans in their respective fields, such as politics, law, sports, arts, and science. It recognizes people like Shirley Chisholm as the first African American congresswoman, Guion Bluford as the first black astronaut, and Mae C. Jemison as the first black female astronaut. The document provides brief one or two sentence biographies for 30 individuals who achieved different pioneering accomplishments.

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11. 11
BET was the first African-American
controlled company to sell shares
on the New York Stock Exchange.

12. 12
In 1950, writer Gwendolyn
Brooks was the first African
American to win the Pulitzer Prize
for her poetry collection, Annie
Allen.

13. Bessie Coleman was the first
licensed African-American
female pilot. She received
aviation instruction in France.

14. 14
Jack Johnson was the first
African-American heavyweight
boxing champion of the world.

15. 15
In 1845, Macon Bolling Allen
became the first African
American to pass the bar and
practice law in the United
States.

16. 16
In 1932, Jane Bolin became
the first black woman to
become a U.S. judge.

17. 17
Politician and educator Shirley
Chisholm was the first African-
American congresswoman and
the first major-party African-
American candidate for
President of the United States.

18. 18
Richard Allen founded the
first national black church in
the United States, the African
Methodist Episcopal Church,
in 1816.

19. Ernie Davis was the first African-
American athlete to be the No.1
pick in the NFL draft and the first
African American to win the
Heisman Trophy

20. 20
Marian Anderson, a
gifted contralto singer,
became the first African
American to perform with
the New York Metropolitan
Opera in 1955.

21. 21
Model and actress Halle Berry
became the first African-
American woman to win the
Academy Award for best
actress in 2001, for her role in
Monster's Ball.

22. 22
In 1947, Larry Doby became the
first African American to break the
color barrier in the American
League—less than three months
after Jackie Robinson integrated
major league baseball.

23. 23
Maya Angelou's
autobiographical book I
Know Why The Caged Bird
Sings, published in 1969, is
the first non-fiction best-seller
by an African-American
woman.

24. 24
A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. was a U.S.
civil rights advocate and attorney who
co-founded the first African American
law firm in Philadelphia. As a judge, he
later became the youngest person
appointed to the U.S. District Court for
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

25. 25
Poet Rita Dove was appointed poet
laureate consultant in poetry to the
Library of Congress in 1993—
becoming both the youngest person
and the first African American to
receive that appointment.

26. 26
Arthur Ashe became the first
African American to win the U.S.
Open in 1968, the first African-
American Wimbledon champion in
1975, and the first black U.S. citizen
to be inducted into the International
Tennis Hall of Fame in 1985.

27. 27
In 1983, Guion Bluford
became the first black
astronaut to travel in
space.

28. 28
Civil Rights activist W.E.B.
Du Bois was the first
African American to receive
a Ph.D. from Harvard
University.

29. 29
Lisa Perez Jackson is a
chemical engineer who in 2008
became the first African American
to head the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency.

30. 30
Mae C. Jemison became the
first black female astronaut in
1992.