And I knew about his storied career. But I had no clue that he was the first African-American athlete. I was floored when I ...

Kinney Holbrook joined the Hawkeye football team in 1895, becoming the first African-American athlete in the history of the University of Iowa and the first documented black college athlete in the ...

That same year, she was the first African American woman to join the Ladies Professional Golf Association. Gibson paved the ...

In 1908, when Jack Johnson fought Tommy Burns to become the first African American heavyweight champion ... 1908 Ever since the ancient Olympic Games, athletes have represented their native ...

Seba Johnson became the first African American female to compete in Alpine Skiing back in 1988, representing the U.S. Virgin Islands. At the age of 14, she was also the youngest Alpine ski racer ...