JFK was president when Alan Sherad left Earth
Ronald Reagan was president when Sally Ride became the first American woman in space in 1983.
Reagan
President George Bush
Regean
Ellison Onizuka was the first Asian American to "reach" space. He flew into space successfully with the Space Shuttle Discovery. He was killed during the mission as the Space Shuttle Challenger destructed.
first American space walk
Ronald Reagan
No, The first American in space was Alan Shepard who went into space about a month after Yuri A. Gagarin (first man in space) did.
who was the first African American to travel in space
The first American in space was Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr.
He was the first American in orbit, the first American in space was Alan Shepard and the first person in space was Yuri Gagarin
Guion Bluford was the first African-American to actually make it to space. Other African Americans were chosen to be astronauts before him, but they didn't make it to space. Robert H. Lawrence Jr. would have been the first, but he was killed in a jet accident during a training exercise.Bernard A. Harris, Jr. was the first African-American to walk in space.Mae Jemison was the first Black woman in space.