August Wilson Center for African American Culture was created in 2009.
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It was Guion Bluford in late August or early September in 1983
A well known African American painter, he was born in Cairo, Illinois (August 26, 1900 - September, 1980).
In 1947, Dan Bankhead became the first African American pitcher in Major League Baseball under the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Walter Dean Myers, an African-American writer, was bornon August 12, 1937 in Martinsburg ,West Virgina, Although he moved to Harlem with his foster parents at the age of three.
Guion "guy" Bluford Junior became the first African American in space on August 30,1983
The first African American to go into space was Guion Bluford, who flew aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger on August 30, 1983. Bluford's mission made him the first African American astronaut to travel to space.
August Wilson
It was Guion Bluford in late August or early September in 1983
Dan Bankhead of the Brooklyn Dodgers on August 26, 1947.
Dr. Guion S. Bluford Jr. was the first African American to walk in space on August 30, 1983 during the Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-8.
African-American actress and comedian Carole Denise McNair, best known as Carol Moseley-Braun, was born on August 18, 1957. Moseley-Braun made history as the first African-American woman to be elected to the United States Senate.
No astronaut has reached the stars. Nor have any unmanned spacecraft reached them.Guion Stewart Buford was the first African-American in space on August 30 1983
August Wilson has written: 'The piano lesson' -- subject(s): Drama, African Americans, Nineteen thirties, Brothers and sisters, Sharecroppers, African American families, Land tenure, Heirlooms, Afro-Americans, History 'Ma Rainey's black bottom' -- subject(s): African Americans, Blues musicians, Drama, Musicians, Nineteen twenties, Blues (Music), Racism 'The ground on which I stand' -- subject(s): History, History and criticism, American drama, African Americans in literature, African American theater, Theater and society, African American authors, Intellectual life, African Americans 'The Piano Lesson' 'Fences' -- subject(s): Drama, African Americans, History 'Radio golf' -- subject(s): African American neighborhoods, African Americans, Drama, Nineteen nineties, Real estate development 'Seven guitars' -- subject(s): African Americans, Blues musicians, Drama, History 'Cultivating the Ground on Which We Stand'
A well known African American painter, he was born in Cairo, Illinois (August 26, 1900 - September, 1980).
Vivien Theodore Thomas (August 29, 1910 - November 26, 1985
There are many famous African American script writers. Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, August Wilson and Terry McMillian all are great examples of some of the best African American script writers.