| 100% | BRAGG | 5 | Alvin ___, first African American to be elected Manhattan's district attorney |
| 46% | LORETTA | 7 | ___ Lynch, first African American woman to serve as U.S. attorney general |
| 45% | FAYETTEVILLE | 12 | Where Senator Hiram Rhodes Revels, first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress, was born |
| 42% | DOUGWILLIAMS | 12 | First African American quarterback to be named 44-Across, in 1988: 2 wds. |
| 40% | BUNCHE | 6 | Ralph who was the first African American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize |
| 38% | VENUSWILLIAMS | 13 | First African-American tennis player to be ranked #1 in women's singles during the Open Era: 2 wds. |
| 38% | POITIER | 7 | Sidney who was the first African American to win a Best Actor Oscar |
| 37% | ZAILAAVANTGARDE | 15 | First African American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee |
| 37% | LLOYD | 5 | Earl ___, first African American to play in the NBA |
| 36% | ALTHEA | 6 | ___ Gibson, first African American to win a Grand Slam title |
| 36% | MOMSMABLEY | 10 | Trailblazing African American who was the first female comedian to perform at the Apollo Theater: 2 wds. |
| 36% | VIOLA | 5 | Actress Davis who was the first African American to win the Triple Crown of Acting |
| 36% | ANDERSON | 8 | Singer Marian, the first African American to perform at the Met |
| 35% | TIGERWOODS | 10 | First African-American to win golf's Masters Tournament: 2 wds. |
| 34% | HARRIS | 6 | Stayce, first African American to reach three star general rank in the US Air Force (2016) |
| 33% | RICKEYJACKSON | 13 | Former American Football linebacker (birthday today) who was the first Saints player elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 33% | XXXXXXXX | 8 | First African-American woman to hold the post of U.S. poet laureate |
| 32% | DARNELL | 7 | ___ Martin, first African American woman to produce a film for a major studio (1994) |
| 32% | MARIE | 5 | ___ Maynard Daly, the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry |
| 32% | ERIC | 4 | Holder who was the first African-American US Attorney General |
| 32% | ALTHEAGIBSON | 12 | First African-American woman to win the Women's Singles championship at Wimbledon (2 wds.) |
| 32% | POITIER | 7 | Sidney who was the first African-American to win a Best Actor Oscar |
| 32% | POITIER | 7 | First African-American to win a Best Actor Oscar |
| 31% | HALLEBERRY | 10 | First African-American to win the Oscar for Best Actress |
| 31% | ERNIE | 5 | ___ Davis, first African-American to win a Heisman |
| 31% | VENUSWILLIAMS | 13 | First African-American woman to hold the world #1 ranking in tennis's Open era: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ERIC | 4 | ___ Holder, first African-American attorney general |
| 31% | HATTIE | 6 | Actress McDaniel who was the first African-American to win an Academy Award |
| 31% | ETHELWATERS | 11 | Harlem Renaissance singer and actress who was the first African American to star in her own TV show: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ELLISON | 7 | Keith who was the first Muslim elected to Congress |