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first doctor
to perform
successful heart
operation
Black American Firsts
first black woman
in space
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first black
member of
Supreme Court
first black woman
to host a weekday
talk show on
national television
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first black woman
on postage stamp
first black man to
reach North Pole
first black man
to pitch in World
Series game
first black person
to win Pulitzer
Prize for poetry
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first black woman
to win Olympic
gold medal
first black man
honored on
postage stamp
first black
scientist with
federal
monument
first black woman
to earn pilot’s
license
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Note to the teacher: Use with “Famous Firsts Lotto” on page 29.
Picture Cards
Use with “Famous Firsts Lotto” on page 29.
Matthew Henson
Alice Coachman
Booker T. Washington
Oprah Winfrey
Mae C. Jemison
Thurgood Marshall
Bessie Coleman
Daniel Hale Williams
Satchel Paige
Gwendolyn Brooks
George Washington Carver
Harriet Tubman
Black American Achiever Form
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Fact 4
Fact 3
I found my facts _________________________________
Fact 2
Fact 1
Black American Achiever
Full name
Name
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Black History Month
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Use with “All-Star Boxes” on page 29.
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