| LEEELDER | Golfer who was the first African-American to play in the Masters |
| ELDER | Lee __, first African-American to play in the Masters |
| BASEBALL | He's a heroic hitter: Jackie Robinson was the first African-American to play Major League ___ |
| ROBINSON | Jackie, first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the U.S. in 1947 (8) |
| LEE | Elder, the first African-American to play the Masters |
| LLOYD | Earl ___, first African-American to play in the N.B.A. |
| DEMARET | Jimmy _, American golfer who was the first three-time winner of the Masters (7) |
| DALY | Fred ___, golfer who was the first Irishman to win the Open Championship (in 1947) (4) |
| VIOLA | Actress Davis who was the first African American to win the Triple Crown of Acting |
| BUNCHE | Ralph who was the first African American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize |
| DIANNE | Durham who was the first African American woman to win a national title in gymnastics |
| BUCK | O'Neil who was the first African American coach in the MLB |
| BUCKONEIL | Negro Leagues great who was the first African American coach in the M.L.B. |
| TONIMORRISON | Beloved author who died August 5 and who was the first African-American woman to win a Nobel Prize: 2 wds. |
| ETHELWATERS | Harlem Renaissance singer and actress who was the first African American to star in her own TV show: 2 wds. |
| ALTHEAGIBSON | American tennis player who was the first African American to win a Grand Slam title (6,6) |
| GIBSON | Althea ___, American tennis player who was the first African American to win a Grand Slam title (6) |
| BOBCHARLES | New Zealand golfer who was the first left-hander to win a major: the 1963 Open Championship |
| TYRA | Banks who was the first African-American woman on the cover of GQ |
| BASIE | Jazz great who was the first African-American man to win a Grammy |
