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Week 1: Reconstruction (1865-1877)
Week 1: Reconstruction (1865-1877)

Week 2: Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)

Week 3: Black Power Movement (1966-1975)

Week 4: Entrepreneurial Movement (1970s – today)

First African American mayor of an American city
First African American mayor of an American city
Mayor of Springfield, Ohio from 1966-1968
Opened the Robert C. Henry Funeral Home; his three children still own and operate it (1951)

First African American mayor of a major city (Cleveland, Ohio 1968-1971)
First African American mayor of a major city (Cleveland, Ohio 1968-1971)
First African American news anchor in New York, NY (1972)
Brother Louis was the first African-American US Congressman from Ohio (served 15 consecutive terms)
Appointed U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of the Seychelles by President Bill Clinton (1994)

First African American woman elected to the U.S. Congress (1968)
First African American woman elected to the U.S. Congress (1968)
First African American woman to campaign for the presidency (1972)
Considered one of the foremost female orators in the United States

First African-American woman from the South to serve in the U.S. Congress (1972)
First African-American woman from the South to serve in the U.S. Congress (1972)
First African-American woman to deliver Democratic National Convention keynote address; considered best convention keynote speech in modern history (1976)
Third African-American woman licensed to practice law in Texas