Alice Coachman Davis was an athlete who specialized in the high jump. She was the first black woman selected for the U.S. Olympic team and went on to become the first black woman of any nationality to win a gold medal at the Olympics...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a 7’2, Kung fu fighting, book-writing legend and one of the greatest players to ever grace the sport of basketball



Born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr, on April the16th 1947, in New York City. Alcindor...

This is Sophia Danenberg, the first African American and the first black woman from anywhere in the world to climb Mount Everest.



Dannenberg's first major climb was up Mount Rainier in Washington Stat

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Taylor had to deal with racist taunts and threats from fellow riders and cycling supporters as his fame grew. Taylor was banned from racing in the American South, despite the fact that Black competitors in Europe were more welcomed and...

Here is a list of Black people in the Guinness Book of World Records and what they have accomplished in fields from music to sports to politics. How many of these people do you recognize?