21st century
2000s
- 2001
- First African-American Secretary of State: Colin Powell
- First African-American president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: Wilton Daniel Gregory
- First African-American president of the Unitarian Universalist Association: Rev. William G. Sinkford
- First African-American president of an Ivy League university: Ruth J. Simmons at Brown University, also the first permanent female president of Brown.
- First African-American woman to win the ASCAP Pop Music Songwriter of the Year award: Beyoncé Knowles
- First African-American woman to be appointed National Security Advisor: Condoleezza Rice (See also: 2005)
- First African-American billionaire: Robert L. Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television
- First African-American female billionaire: Sheila Johnson
- 2002
- First African-American woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress: Halle Berry (Monster's Ball, 2001)
- First African-American Winter Olympic gold medal winner: Vonetta Flowers (two-woman bobsleigh). (See also: Shani Davis, 2006)
- First African-American female combat pilot in the U.S. Armed Services: Captain Vernice Armour, USMC
- First African American to hold the #1 rank in tennis: Venus Williams, February 25, 2002.
- First African American to hold the year-end #1 rank in tennis: Serena Williams
- First African American to be named year-end world champion by the International Tennis Federation: Serena Williams
- First African-American Arena Football League head coach to win ArenaBowl: Darren Arbet (San Jose SaberCats), ArenaBowl XVI
- First African-American general manager in the National Football League: Ozzie Newsome (Baltimore Ravens)
- 2003
- First African American to win a Career Grand Slam in tennis: Serena Williams (See also: Althea Gibson, 1956; Arthur Ashe, 1968)
- 2004
- First African American General Manager for World Wrestling Entertainment: Theodore Long
- First African American to win Broadway theater's Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play: Phylicia Rashād
- First African-American NBA general manager to win the NBA Finals: Joe Dumars (Detroit Pistons), 2004 NBA Finals
- First African-American Canadian Football League Head Coach to win the Grey Cup: Pinball Clemons (Toronto Argonauts), 92nd Grey Cup
- 2005
- First African-American woman appointed Secretary of State: Condoleezza Rice (See also: 2001)
- First African-American woman U.S. Coast Guard aviator: Jeanine Menze
- 2006
- First African-American individual Winter Olympic gold medal winner: Shani Davis (men's 1,000 meter speed skating) (See also: Vonetta Flowers, 2002)
- First African-American Extreme Championship Wrestling champion: Bobby Lashley
- First African American to command a United States Marine Corps division: Walter Gaskin
- First African American to reach the peak of Mount Everest: Sophia Danenberg
- 2007
- First African-American Governor of Massachusetts: Deval Patrick
- First African-American NFL head coaches to reach the Super Bowl: Lovie Smith and Tony Dungy, Super Bowl XLI[49]
- First African-American NFL head coach to win the Super Bowl: Tony Dungy (Indianapolis Colts), Super Bowl XLI
- First known African-American woman to reach the North Pole: Barbara Hillary[50]
- First African-American female professional wrestler to win the NWA World Women's Championship: Amazing Kong
- 2008
- First African American to be nominated as a major-party US presidential candidate: Barack Obama, Democratic Party
- First African American to referee a Super Bowl game: Mike Carey (Super Bowl XLII)
- First African-American NFL general manager to win the Super Bowl: Jerry Reese (New York Giants), Super Bowl XLII
- First African-American woman elected Speaker of a state House of Representatives: California Rep. Karen Bass
- First African-American governor of New York State: David Paterson (elected as lieutenant governor, succeeded on resignation of previous governor)
- First African American to own a movie and TV studio: Tyler Perry
- First African American elected President of the United States: Barack Obama
- First African American to be appointed to the United States Senate by a state governor: Roland Burris
- First African-American female combat pilot in the United States Air Force: Major Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell
- 2009
- First African-American President of the United States: Barack Obama
- First African-American First Lady of the United States: Michelle Obama
- First African-American chair of the Republican National Committee: Michael Steele
- First African-American United States Attorney General: Eric Holder
- First African-American woman United States Ambassador to the United Nations: Susan Rice
- First African-American United States Trade Representative: Ron Kirk
- First African-American woman Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency: Lisa P. Jackson
- First African-American White House Social Secretary: Desirée Rogers
- First African American to appear by himself on a circulating U.S. coin: Duke Ellington (District of Columbia quarter).[51]
- First African-American Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Charles F. Bolden, Jr.
- First African-American woman rabbi: Alysa Stanton
- First African-American woman CEO of an S&P 100 Company: Ursula Burns, Xerox Corporation.
- First African-American doubles team to be named year-end world champion by the International Tennis Federation: Serena and Venus Williams
- First African-American Disney Princess: Tiana
- 2010
- First African-American to win the WWE Diva's Championship: Alicia Fox
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