02236cam a2200277 4500 68890742 TxAuBib 20060313120000.0 ||||||s2003||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 20-02154346 9781578591534 hard : alk. paper)\1578591422 (pbk. : alk. paper 1578591538 hard : alk. paper)\1578591422 (pbk. : alk. paper DLC TxAuBib Black firsts : 4,000 ground-breaking and pioneering historical events / [edited by] Jessie Carney Smith. 2nd ed., rev. and expanded. Detroit : Visible Ink Press, 2003. xv, 787 p. : ports ; 24 cm. Arts & entertainment -- Business -- Civil rights & protest -- Education -- Government : county & state -- Government : federal -- Government : international -- Government : local -- Journalism -- Military -- Miscellaneous -- Organizations -- Religion -- Science & medicine -- Sports -- Writers. Includes bibliographical references (p. 745-756) and index. Originally published in 1994, Black Firsts inspired readers of all ages. An epic record of African American achievement, it testified to a rich but often overlooked part of our history. Jessie Carney Smith, William and Camille Cosby Professor of the Humanities at Fisk University, greatly expands the new edition with more than 1,000 new stories of a people overcoming adversity to emerge triumphant. With more than 100 illustrations, Black Firsts includes modern-day pioneers like Halle Berry and Denzel Washington, Suzan-Lori Parks (winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for drama), and Vonetta Flowers, the first African American to be awarded the Winter Olympic gold medal. Readers will revel and rejoice in the stories of barrier-breaking pioneers in all fields -- arts, entertainment, business, civil rights, education, government, inventing, journalism, religion, science, sports, and more. 20060313. African Americans History Miscellanea. Blacks History Miscellanea. World records United States Miscellanea. Smith, Jessie Carney.