| 100% | ELDER | 5 | Lee __, first African-American to play in the Masters |
| 87% | LLOYD | 5 | Earl ___, first African American to play in the NBA |
| 82% | LEEELDER | 8 | First African-American golfer to play in the Masters |
| 70% | LLOYD | 5 | Earl ___, first African-American to play in the N.B.A. |
| 70% | LEE | 3 | Elder, the first African-American to play the Masters |
| 65% | HARRIS | 6 | Stayce, first African American to reach three star general rank in the US Air Force (2016) |
| 60% | ELMO | 4 | Saint ___ Brady, first African American in the US to obtain a Ph.D. degree in chemistry (University of Illinois, 1916) |
| 60% | FAYETTEVILLE | 12 | Where Senator Hiram Rhodes Revels, first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress, was born |
| 59% | ZAILAAVANTGARDE | 15 | First African American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee |
| 56% | VENUSWILLIAMS | 13 | First African-American woman to hold the world #1 ranking in tennis's Open era: 2 wds. |
| 55% | MARIE | 5 | ___ Maynard Daly, the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry |
| 55% | VENUSWILLIAMS | 13 | First African-American tennis player to be ranked #1 in women's singles during the Open Era: 2 wds. |
| 55% | MANON | 5 | ___ Rheaume, first woman to play in any of the major North American pro-sports leagues |
| 55% | DOUGWILLIAMS | 12 | First African American quarterback to be named 44-Across, in 1988: 2 wds. |
| 54% | JONES | 5 | James Earl ___, actor and first African-American man to win the Tony Award in the Leading Actor category |
| 52% | ETHELWATERS | 11 | Harlem Renaissance singer and actress who was the first African American to star in her own TV show: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ANDERSON | 8 | Singer Marian, the first African American to perform at the Met |
| 51% | RADIO | 5 | It was used to play music for the first time in 1906 |
| 51% | HALLEBERRY | 10 | First African-American to win the Oscar for Best Actress |
| 50% | ERICBANA | 8 | First person to play the Hulk in the 2000s |
| 50% | ERNIE | 5 | ___ Davis, first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy |
| 50% | MAE | 3 | ___ Jemison, American astronaut who became the first African-American woman to travel to space in 1992 |
| 50% | RETTON | 6 | First American woman to win the all-around gold in Olympic gymnastics |
| 50% | SANDBOXES | 9 | Places to play in the dirt |
| 49% | POITIER | 7 | Sidney who was the first African American to win a Best Actor Oscar |
| 49% | TIGERWOODS | 10 | First African-American to win golf's Masters Tournament: 2 wds. |
| 49% | WARRENMOON | 10 | First African-American quarterback in the Pro Football Hall of Fame |
| 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. |
| 49% | PEARLSBUCK | 10 | First American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1938: 3 wds. |