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• The Highest Tribute

  Thurgood Marshall's Life, Leadership, and Legacy

  Magoon, Kekla

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  Justice Marshall was the first African American to sit on the Supreme Court.

• Dr. Carla Hayden

  the First Woman Librarian of Congress

  Bolte, Mari

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  Dr. Carla Hayden is both the first African American and the first woman to hold the post of Librarian of Congress.

• Barack Obama

  First African American President

  Shaffer, Jody Jensen

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  President Obama was the first African American President of the USA.

• My American Journey

  Powell, Colin L.

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  Colin Powell was the first African-American to hold the office of US Secretary of State.

• Ella Fitzgerald

  Pinkney, Andrea Davis,

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  Ella Fitzgerald was the first African American Female Grammy Award winner in 1958.

• Shirley Chisholm

  the Last Interview and Other Conversations

  Chisholm, Shirley, 1924-2005

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  Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman to be elected to the United States Congress and she became the first Black candidate for a major-party nomination for President of the United States and the first woman to run for the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings

  Basie, Count, 1904-1984

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  Count Basie was the first African American Male Grammy Award winner in 1958

• Hattie McDaniel

  Black Ambition, White Hollywood

  Watts, Jill, 1958-

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  Hattie McDaniel was the first African American actor to win an Oscar.

• Bessie Coleman

  Trailblazing Pilot

  Alexander, Carol, 1955-

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  Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman and first Native American to hold a pilot license, and is the earliest known Black person to earn an international pilot's license.

• Straighten Up and Fly Right

  the Life and Music of Nat King Cole

  Friedwald, Will, 1961-

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  Nat King Cole became the first network television show host in 1956

• Race to the Frozen North

  the Matthew Henson Story

  Johnson, Catherine, 1962-

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  Matthew Henson was the first African American explorer to reach the geographic North Pole.