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He was remembered for the first African American man to win a major men's singles tennis tournament and an equal rights speaker
1947. Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play major league baseball
Dan Bankhead was the first African-American pitcher to play in a major league game.
He was the first African-American nominee for President from a major political party.
Carl Burton Stokes was the first African American mayor of a major US city. He was elected as mayor in the city of Cleveland, OH in 1968.
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Carl Burton Stokes was the first African American mayor of a major US city. He was elected as mayor in the city of Cleveland, OH in 1968.
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Answer:Bud Fowler - 1878
1967 Albert William Johnson is awarded the first dealership from a major automaker to an African American. He opens his Oldsmobile dealership in a predominantly African American neighborhood in Chicago.