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African Americans are an ethnic group in the United States. The first achievements by African Americans in diverse fields have historically marked footholds, often leading to more widespread cultural change. The shorthand phrase for this is "breaking the color barrier". [1][2]
African-American history started with the arrival of Africans to North America in the 16th and 17th centuries. Formerly enslaved Spaniards who had been freed by Francis Drake arrived aboard the Golden Hind at New Albion in California in 1579. [1]
First African-American female principal in Massachusetts and the Northeast: Maria Louise Baldwin, supervising white faculty and a predominantly white student body at the Agassiz Grammar School in Cambridge (renamed the Maria L. Baldwin School in 2004). [6][7] 1893.
We at BlackPast.org have assembled the following list which provides the names of the first African Americans in a variety of areas of achievement in government, law, diplomacy, the military, science and medicine, sports, literature, and other fields.
15 lut 2023 · A Timeline of African American Firsts. In every field, from science to diplomacy to literature, African Americans have made their mark. Here is a sampling of some impressive African American achievements and firsts.
14 paź 2009 · African American history began with slavery, as white European settlers first brought Africans to the continent to serve as enslaved workers.
1619, August 20. At Jamestown colony, the first 20 Africans arrive in English North America from the Caribbean as indentured servants. 1623. The first African American child in the colonies to be baptized a Christian becomes a member of the Anglican Church in Jamestown.
