Dr. Williams also founded the first interracial hospital in the United States. (Read more...)

The Compton Californian native was only 16 at the time, to hold this record which he completed in 2 weeks. (Read more...)

With 27 gold medals, Biles holds the record of most gold medals for men and women combined. (Read more...)

Bath is the first African-American woman to specialize in ophthalmology. (Read more...)

The United States Mint announced a series of coins commemorating American women who are pioneers. Maya Angelou is the first black woman to appear on a coin. (Read more...)

André Leon Talley is the first African-American creative director of the famous fashion magazine "Vogue". (Read more...)

With 11 NBA titles in his 13-year career, Bill Russell remains the most ringed player in NBA history to this day and for a long time to come. (Read more...)

Colin Powell, the first African American Secretary of State to the United States of America, not only made history but further distinguished himself by occupying the highest ranking position in the U.S. military. (Read more...)

Joséphine Baker joined Marie Curie, Genevieve de Gaulle, Germaine Tillion, Sophie Berthelot and Simone Veil, to become the sixth woman to be inducted into France's Panthéon. (Read more...)

On January 16, 1988, Tina Turner set a record in her performance of the album, "Break Every Rule" at Estadio do Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as she sold out more than 180,000 tickets to become the artist with the world ticket record for a solo concert in the Guinness Book of Records. (Read more...)