# 18 Charlie Sifford CHARLOTTE First black man to win a PGA Tour event, the 1967 Hartford Open; won»75 PGA Seniors championship. (si.com)
ROGER FERGUSON: He was Fed vice chair from 1999 to 2006, under Alan Greenspan, and, if nominated, would be the first black man to lead the bank. (canadianbusiness.com)
1832 — Elijah Abel goes on to become the first black man to be given the priesthood in the LDS Church. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)