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LA riot
After King allegedly resisted arrest and threatened them, four LAPD officers shot him with a TASER gun and severely beat him. BL.A. riots, beginning in the mostly Black South Central neighborhood. L.A. riots, beginning in the mostly Black South Central neighborhood. By the time the riots subsided, some 55 people were dead, more than 2,300 injured, and more than 1,000 buildings had been burned. -
Dr. Mae Jemison
In 1992, Dr. Mae Jemison became the first Black woman to go into space. Prior to her career in space, she founded served as a doctor in the Peace Corps and after her time in space, she founded an organization that
provided space camps for students. She has been a trailblazer across the STEM world. -
Jocelyn M. Elder
Jocelyn M. Elders is the first Black person to be appointed as the U.S. Surgeon General. Elders, who serves from 1993 to 1994 during the administration of President Bill Clinton. She also the first person state of Arkansas to become board certified in pediatric endocrinology. -
Lonnie Bristow
Lonnie Bristow is appointed president of the American Medical Association and is the first Black person to hold the position. Including most of that period when Black doctors were not allowed to join the organization in 1968. He got it in 1995 -
The Million March
To promote African American unity and family values. Estimates of the number of marchers, most of whom were African America -
George Walker
The first Black person to win a Pulitzer Prize for Music is George Walker. Walker receives the award for the composition Lilies for Soprano or Tenor and Orchestra. He also was the first African-American pianist to play a recital at New York's Town Hall, the first Black instrumentalist to play solo with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the first Black graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. -
Million Women March
an estimated 750,000 African American women gathered together to march on the Ben Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia to focus on their trials, circumstances, and successes. The day-long march and program of prayer, music, and inspirational speeches -
Colin Powell
In 2001 Powell as secretary of state, making him the first African American to serve as America’s top diplomat. Powell sought to build international support for the controversial U.S invasion of Iraq in 2003. -
Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice was nominated for Secretary of State by George W. Bush on November 14, 2004, and assumed office on January 26, 2005. She served for four years, leaving the position on January 20, 2009. She was the first African-American woman to serve as Secretary of State. -
Barack Obama
On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States; he is the first African American to hold that office. The product of an interracial marriage. He used his speech yes we can and gained tones of support helping him get reelected and elected in the first place. -
George Floyd protest
Were a series of both peaceful protests and riots against police brutality and racism that began in Minneapolis. The reason these protest happened was because of the death of a African American being brutality's murder by a cop. -
First African American Vice president
Kamala Harris is sworn in as the first African American woman Vice President of the United States.She has also made history as to be the first vice female president.
