The first African American woman to deliver the U.S. mail.
The very first African American woman to be elected to Congress and the first to run for President.
Guitar-slinging musical pioneer has earned her place among rock royalty.
Simone Manuel became the first African American to win Olympic gold in an individual swimming event.
Moses Fleetwood Walker was among the first black pro baseball players on a national team.
A former slave, Bass Reeves became the first black Deputy U.S. Marshall and tamed the western badlands, making over 3,000 felony arrests.
At the birth of hip-hop, before superstar rappers, there was the legendary, groundbreaking New York City DJ, Disco King Mario.
An orphan with very little formal education, Fredrick McKinley Jones became one of the great American inventors, with over 60 patents.