| 100% | ERNIE | 5 | ___ Davis, first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy |
| 76% | ZAILAAVANTGARDE | 15 | First African American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee |
| 74% | VIOLA | 5 | Actress Davis who was the first African American to win the Triple Crown of Acting |
| 70% | ERNIE | 5 | ___ Davis, first African-American to win a Heisman |
| 63% | POITIER | 7 | Sidney who was the first African American to win a Best Actor Oscar |
| 63% | HALLEBERRY | 10 | First African-American to win the Oscar for Best Actress |
| 61% | ALTHEA | 6 | ___ Gibson, first African American to win a Grand Slam title |
| 59% | LLOYD | 5 | Earl ___, first African American to play in the NBA |
| 58% | TEBOW | 5 | Former quarterback Tim who was the first sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy |
| 57% | JIMTHORPE | 9 | First Native American to win a gold medal at the Olympics |
| 56% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | First African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (2 wds.) |
| 55% | THORPE | 6 | First Native American to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States |
| 55% | HARRIS | 6 | Stayce, first African American to reach three star general rank in the US Air Force (2016) |
| 55% | ALTHEAGIBSON | 12 | First African-American woman to win the Women's Singles championship at Wimbledon (2 wds.) |
| 54% | FAYETTEVILLE | 12 | Where Senator Hiram Rhodes Revels, first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress, was born |
| 54% | POITIER | 7 | Sidney who was the first African-American to win a Best Actor Oscar |
| 54% | POITIER | 7 | First African-American to win a Best Actor Oscar |
| 53% | HATTIE | 6 | Actress McDaniel who was the first African-American to win an Academy Award |
| 53% | TIGERWOODS | 10 | First African-American to win golf's Masters Tournament: 2 wds. |
| 52% | ANDERSON | 8 | Singer Marian, the first African American to perform at the Met |
| 51% | ALTHEA | 6 | __ Gibson, first African-American to win a Grand Slam tennis title |
| 51% | ELDER | 5 | Lee __, first African-American to play in the Masters |
| 51% | LEEELDER | 8 | First African-American golfer to play in the Masters |
| 51% | RETTON | 6 | First American woman to win the all-around gold in Olympic gymnastics |
| 51% | PEARLSBUCK | 10 | First American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (3 wds.) |
| 50% | BASIE | 5 | Jazz great who was the first African-American man to win a Grammy |
| 50% | LLOYD | 5 | Earl ___, first African-American to play in the N.B.A. |
| 50% | ELMO | 4 | Saint ___ Brady, first African American in the US to obtain a Ph.D. degree in chemistry (University of Illinois, 1916) |
| 49% | BUNCHE | 6 | Ralph who was the first African American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize |
| 49% | FRANCESARNOLD | 13 | First American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, in 2018: 2 wds. |