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On December 26, 1908, Jack Johnson defeated Tommy Burns to become the first black boxer to win the World Heavyweight Championship.
Johnson would defend the title 17 times over nearly 7 years. #blackhistorymonth
In 2007, Tony Dungy led the Indianapolis Colts to victory in Super Bowl XLI. He became the first African American head coach to win the big game. #blackhistorymonth
Max Robinson became the first African American broadcast network news anchor in 1978 when he co-anchored ABC World News Tonight.
Robinson had previously become the first African American news anchor in Washington, D.C. with WTOP. Robinson was also a co-founder of the National Association of Black Journalists. #blackhistorymonth
In 1921, Bessie Coleman became the first African American woman to obtain a pilot's license and the first African American to obtain an international pilot's license.
Born to sharecroppers in Texas, Coleman developed an early interest in flying, but African Americans, Native Americans, and women had no flight training opportunities in the United States, so she saved and obtained sponsorships to go to France for flight school. #blackhistorymonth
Radio legend Hal Jackson is considered to be the first African American radio sports announcer, broadcasting for Howard University baseball and the Homestead Grays. He is also well known for his Sunday Classics radio show on WBLS in New York City, which aired for 32 years.
He became the first black inductee to the National Radio Hall of Fame in 1995. #blackhistorymonth
Nat King Cole was the first African American to host his own variety show.
"The Nat King Cole Show" first aired in November 1956, but was ended in December 1957 after not being able to obtain sponsors. Cole was quoted as saying "Madison Avenue is afraid of the dark." #blackhistorymonth
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