21/12/2022
Here are some accomplishments over the years made from a couple black excellent people: African American Matthew Henson and Admiral Robert Peary, becoming the first men to reach the North Pole in 1909
Track star Jesse Owens winning four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics in 1936
Actress Hattie McDaniel receiving an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1940
Jackie Robinson, of the Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming the first African American to play major league baseball in 1947
Gwendolyn Brooks winning the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1950
Barack Obama, a Harvard graduate, former Illinois state senator, and former U.S. senator from Illinois, becoming president in 2009