100% | ELSTON | 6 | ___ Howard, first African-American player on the Yankees (1955) |
64% | ELSTON | 6 | Howard who became the Yankees’ first Black player, in 1955 |
52% | ROBINSON | 8 | First African American MLB player, Jackie __ |
50% | STARTINGPITCHER | 15 | First player on the mound |
49% | LLOYD | 5 | Earl ___, first African American to play in the NBA |
48% | ZAILAAVANTGARDE | 15 | First African American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee |
48% | VENUSWILLIAMS | 13 | First African-American tennis player to be ranked #1 in women's singles during the Open Era: 2 wds. |
47% | MISTYCOPELAND | 13 | First African-American prima ballerina for the American Ballet Theater: 2 wds. |
46% | TYRA | 4 | Banks who was the first African-American woman on the cover of GQ |
45% | RYAN | 4 | American baseball player ___ Howard nicknamed the "Big Piece" |
45% | ASHE | 4 | First African-American Davis Cup player |
45% | HARRIS | 6 | Stayce, first African American to reach three star general rank in the US Air Force (2016) |
44% | FAYETTEVILLE | 12 | Where Senator Hiram Rhodes Revels, first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress, was born |
43% | LEEELDER | 8 | First African-American golfer to play in the Masters |
43% | TYRA | 4 | Banks who was the first African-American woman featured on the cover of "GQ" |
42% | GOLFER | 6 | Player on the links |
42% | SUB | 3 | Player on the bench |
42% | TROUPE | 6 | Players on the road |
42% | ELMO | 4 | Saint ___ Brady, first African American in the US to obtain a Ph.D. degree in chemistry (University of Illinois, 1916) |
42% | HALLEBERRY | 10 | First African-American to win the Oscar for Best Actress |
42% | ELDER | 5 | Lee __, first African-American to play in the Masters |
42% | STARTER | 7 | Player on the A-team |
41% | ANDERSON | 8 | Singer Marian, the first African American to perform at the Met |
41% | WARRENMOON | 10 | First African-American quarterback in the Pro Football Hall of Fame |
41% | YATITTLE | 8 | First N.F.L. player on the cover of Sports Illustrated |
41% | NLER | 4 | Player on the 'Stros, e.g. |
41% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | First African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (2 wds.) |
41% | XXXXXXXX | 8 | First African-American woman to hold the post of U.S. poet laureate |
41% | ONEIL | 5 | Buck who became the first African American coach in the MLB |
41% | IRV | 3 | ___ Cross, first African-American full-time sports analyst on national TV |