Kathleen's Collection of Famous African-American First Events

This is a collection of facts about some famous black Americans and the things
they did to make them famous in history.   Each person listed also has the site where
I got my information.  If it was from an Internet location, the link will take you to the
site where the information or picture was found.  Thank you to the people who spent
so much time making the lists and books that were used to put these facts together. 
When you go to  any of the outside Internet links, you need to use the back button to return to the page with the information card on it.  Our class did cards for each famous person, so this is supposed to be like the cards we did.
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Anderson,
Charles Edward

Anderson was the first African-American to earn a PhD in Meteorology.

Anderson also researched cloud and
aerosol physics and meteorology of other
planets.

www.lib.lsu.edu/lib/chem/display
/anderson.html
  
Anderson,
Marion

Anderson was the first black  singer to perform a major role at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

Her voice was proclaimed by people as the voice of the century.

First of All, p.33, c. 1980
  
Anderson,
Violet

Anderson was the first black lawyer to
present a case before the
U.S. Supreme Court.

Anderson was admitted to practice law on Jan. 29, 1926.

 

First of All, p.95, c. 1980
 
Attucks,
Crispus

Attucks was the first casualty of the American Revolutionary War.

Attucks was shot and killed during the Boston Massacre in 1770.

www.destinyinfotech.com/desi/
first.html
  
Banneker,
Benjamin

Banneker invented the first clock in America.

Banneker surveyed the city of Washington, DC.

 

Black Pioneers of Science and Invention, p.3, c. 1970
  
Blair,
Henry

Blair was the first black inventor to get a patent.

Blair invented the corn harvester.

 

http://cctr.umkc.edu/user/breese
/blackfir.htm