| 100% | HARRIS | 6 | Stayce, first African American to reach three star general rank in the US Air Force (2016) |
| 42% | POTTER | 6 | Lorraine, first female chaplain in the US Air Force (1973), later promoted to general (1999) |
| 40% | BREWER | 6 | Margaret, first woman in the US Marine Corps to reach the rank of general (1978) |
| 38% | FAYETTEVILLE | 12 | Where Senator Hiram Rhodes Revels, first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress, was born |
| 36% | ELMO | 4 | Saint ___ Brady, first African American in the US to obtain a Ph.D. degree in chemistry (University of Illinois, 1916) |
| 35% | LLOYD | 5 | Earl ___, first African American to play in the NBA |
| 34% | VENUSWILLIAMS | 13 | First African-American woman to hold the world #1 ranking in tennis's Open era: 2 wds. |
| 34% | VENUSWILLIAMS | 13 | First African-American tennis player to be ranked #1 in women's singles during the Open Era: 2 wds. |
| 33% | LORETTA | 7 | ___ Lynch, first African American woman to serve as U.S. attorney general |
| 31% | ETHELWATERS | 11 | Harlem Renaissance singer and actress who was the first African American to star in her own TV show: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ELDER | 5 | Lee __, first African-American to play in the Masters |
| 31% | LEEELDER | 8 | First African-American golfer to play in the Masters |
| 31% | LLOYD | 5 | Earl ___, first African-American to play in the N.B.A. |
| 30% | ZAILAAVANTGARDE | 15 | First African American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee |
| 30% | MUTTER | 6 | Carol, first female three star general of the US Marine Corps (1996) |
| 30% | XXXXXXXX | 8 | First African-American woman to hold the post of U.S. poet laureate |
| 29% | KAMALAHARRIS | 12 | California attorney general elected to her first term as a US senator in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 29% | ASTRA | 5 | Stars, in the Royal Air Force motto |
| 28% | MARIE | 5 | ___ Maynard Daly, the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry |
| 28% | AIRMARSHAL | 10 | Royal Air Force officer of three-star rank equivalent to a Royal Navy vice-admiral |
| 28% | DOUGWILLIAMS | 12 | First African American quarterback to be named 44-Across, in 1988: 2 wds. |
| 28% | JONES | 5 | James Earl ___, actor and first African-American man to win the Tony Award in the Leading Actor category |
| 27% | ERIC | 4 | Holder who was the first African-American US Attorney General |
| 27% | IKEA | 4 | Company that was the first in the U.S. to air a TV ad with a gay couple (1994) |
| 27% | SERGEANT | 8 | Rank in the British police force senior to a constable and junior to an inspector |
| 26% | LASORDA | 7 | He managed the U.S. to its first Olympic gold in baseball |
| 26% | ANDERSON | 8 | Singer Marian, the first African American to perform at the Met |
| 26% | HALLEBERRY | 10 | First African-American to win the Oscar for Best Actress |
| 26% | LEE | 3 | Rebecca ___ Crumpler, first African-American female physician in the U.S. |
| 26% | LEE | 3 | Rebecca ___ Crumpler, physician who was the first African-American woman in the US to earn a medical degree |