Sentences with phrase «first black man»

# 18 Charlie Sifford CHARLOTTE First black man to win a PGA Tour event, the 1967 Hartford Open; won»75 PGA Seniors championship.

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.

1832 — Elijah Abel goes on to become the first black man to be given the priesthood in the LDS Church.

and BTW the President is not the first black man elected to that office... Obama is a Mixed Race individual

-- A reproduction of an old photo of Thomas Mundy Peterson, the first black man to vote in an election under the newly - enacted provisions of the 15th Amendment.

Republicans selected Chemung County Sheriff Chris Moss as their candidate for lieutenant governor, the first black man nominated to statewide office by the G.O.P.

He later became the first black man to work for the New York City Subway as a motorman (train operator).

A documentary about the first black man to sleep in the White House - no, not Obama - but rather Sammy Davis Jr..

But there was progress, too: Sterling K Brown became the first black man to win the award for best actor in a TV drama (for This is Us), while Aziz Ansari became the first Asian man to win best actor in a TV comedy (for Master of None).

Released in the same year (1963) that saw Sidney Poitier become the first black man to win an Oscar in a major category (for Lilies in the Field), Donovan's Reef is a shockingly, unapologetically racist and misogynistic film about braggadocio, therapeutic rape, and belittling the natives.

Not only is Ryan Coogler the first black man to direct a major superhero film, but the cast — including Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong» o, Daniel Kaluuya, Angela Bassett, Michael B. Jordan, and Danai Gurira — and crew are predominantly black.

After Sterling K. Brown became the first black man in 19 years to win an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series last year, the This Is Us actor continued his winning streak, becoming the first black actor ever to win the award for Best Actor in a Television Series, Drama.

If Steve McQueen wins Best Director, he'll be the first black man ever to win that Oscar, and it's about time.

Sterling K. Brown, though, spoke for the necessity of simultaneously holding multiple ideas in mind as he became the first black man to win for Best Actor in a Television Series: Drama.

The woman whose presence had rendered award winners starstruck throughout the night kicked off her speech with an anecdote about watching Sidney Poitier make history when he became the first black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1964.

Peele could become the first black man in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences» 90 - year history to win a directing Oscar, while «Lady Bird» director Greta Gerwig could be only the second female to take home that prize.

Chadwick Boseman has made a specialty of playing real - life figures: Jackie Robinson, James Brown, and now Thurgood Marshall, the first black man appointed to the United States Supreme Court.

Get Out is clearly hoping for a repeat performance — not just for star Daniel Kaluuya in the Best Actor category, but for Peele, who is the first black man in history to be nominated as writer, director, and producer at the Oscars.

Brown, the first black man to win the category, thanked «This Is Us» creator Dan Fogelman.

This film is about the first black man to play Major League Baseball (modern era), Jackie Robinson.