March 04, 2023
SoulTic Magazine’s Comprehensive List of African American / Black First That Helped Break the Color Barrier pt -7 cont .page 2
* 1960’s continued
Charlie Sifford First African American to win a PGA Tour event ( 1967 Greater Hartford Open Invitational ) : Emlen Tunnell First African American to be inducted into the pro Football Hall of Fame : Nancy Sinatra ( Caucasian ) & Sammy Davis , Jr . ( African American / Black ) First African American interracial kiss on network television. On Sintra’s Variety special Movin ‘ With Nancy , ( note see 1968 ) ( note see both where entertainers ) ( 1967 )
Uhura , played by Nichelle Nichols ( African American / Black ) & Captain Kirk , played by William Shatner ( white Canadian ) First African – American interracial kiss on a network teevision drama ; Star Trek : ” Plato’s Stepchildren ” ( note see 1967 ) : Shirley Chisholm First African American woman elected to U . S . of Representatives ( Democrat ; New York ) Barbara M . Watson First African American appointed as a United States Assistant Secretary of State Arthur Ashe First African American man to win a Grand Slam tennis event ( US Open ) ( short note see Althea Gibson , 1956 ; Serena Williams , 2003 ) Marlin Briscoe First African American to start at quarterback in the modern era of pro football ( Denver Broncos , AFL ) Riley L . Pitts First African American commissioned officer awarde the Medal of Honor Studio Museum in Harlem First fine arts museum devoted to African American work : Diahann Carroll First African American actress to star in her own television series where she did not play a domestic worker ( Julia ) Charlene Mitchell First African American woman as Presidential candidate ( note see Shirley Chisholm 1972 ) Nancy Hicks Maynard First African American woman reporter for the New York Times Bill Russell First African American coach to win NBA Championship : ( 1968 )
The Falcon First African American superhero ( Marvel Comics ‘ Captain America # 117 ) ( Sept 1969 ) ( note see Lobo , 1965 & Luke Cage , 1972 ) : Lillian Lincoln First African American graduate of Harvard Business School ; Gordon Parks First African American director of a major Hollywood motion picture ( The Learnig Tree ) Arthur Mitchell First African American founder of a classical training school and company of ballet , Dance Theatre of Harlem ( note see 1955 ) Linda Martell First African American woman to appear on the Grand Ole Opry :