Alain Locke (1886-1954), a writer and educator from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the first African-American to receive the Rhodes Scholarship, in 1907.
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The first African-American girl to play soccer is Briana Scurry.
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It is unknown who the first African American born in the US Was however it was most likely a slave.
In 1928 African American voters in Chicago helped elect Oscar Depriest. He was the first African American representative to congress from a northern state.
Bill Clinton was the first US president to be named a Rhodes scholar.
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Hiram Rhodes Revels
The first Rhodes Scholar to become president was Bill Clinton. He was awarded the Rhodes Scholarship to study at the University of Oxford in 1968 and went on to serve as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001.
The very first African American senator was named Hiram Rhodes Revels. (Hiram Rhodes Revels) became the first African American US senator in 1870. When Mississippi senator Jefferson Davis resigned to become president of the Confederacy, Revels completed his term.
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Joan Leopold was the first American Rhodes Fellow (1972-74) at Oxford University (Lady Margaret Hall). This was before the Rhodes Scholarships were opened to women. It was a faculty-level position.
Scholar and diplomat Ralph J. Bunche was the first African American to win a Nobel Peace Prize, in 1950.
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Hiram Rhodes Revels