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| First African American Supreme Court Justice |
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| First African American women elected to U.S. Senate |
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| Won four Olympic medals in Berlin, Germany in 1936 |
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| Broke color barriers when he became first African American to play major league baseball |
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| Co-discoverer of the North Pole |
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| First African American to win a NASCAR premier event |
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| First American to be awarded the Navy cross for his bravery during Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor |
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| Contributor to Harlem Renaissance and author of "Mother to Son" |
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| Inventor of carbon filament used in light bulb |
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| Conductor of the Underground Railroad |
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| First African American female astronaut and in space in 1992 |
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| First African American to play in the Rose Bowl |
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| First African American woman to win the Miss USA Title |
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| Inventor of the gas mask and traffic light |
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