Who was the first African American to….?
1) TONY DUNGY — He became the first African American head coach to win the Super Bowl when his Indianapolis Colts defeated the Chicago Bears on February 4, 2007. 2) BILL RUSSELL — In 1967-68, with Bill Russell as coach and player, the Boston Celtics won the NBA Championship. 3) NO African American has gone “to the moon.” 4) MADAME C. J. WALKER — She formed Madame C. J. Walker Laboratories in Indianapolis, in 1910, where she developed products and trained her beauticians, known as “Walker Agents.” The agents and the products were recognized in black communities throughout the U.S. and Caribbean for promoting the philosophy that cleanliness and loveliness could advance the plight of African-Americans. By 1919, the year of her death, she had earned millions of dollars with her products. She was the first African American to earn “one million dollars.” 5) HIRAM REVELS – In 1870, Hiram Revels became the first African American member of the United States Senate, when elected by the Missis
