Jessie Daniel Ames had an impact on African Americans by fighting against the lynching of black people. She enlisted the help of other white woman who publicly spoke out against the lynching's. Together, they were successful in lowering the number of lynching's that took place in the 1930s and 1904s.
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The first African-American play on Broadway was In Dahomey. This play was written by and starring African-Americans (music by Will Marion Cook, lyrics by Paul Lawrence Dunbar, and book by Jesse A. Ship). It debuted in 1903.
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John Baxter Taylor was the first African American person to receive a gold medal in the Olympics. He received this gold medal in the Olympics of 1908.
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