Black pop culture timeline

- Beyonce performed at the Super Bowl where she refers to the BLM movement

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Evolution of African American people's place in pop culture

1939

1954

1970's

2016

2002

Halle Berry was the first and only African American to win a best actress Oscar

Diahann Carroll, 1st black woman to lead a TV series

Hattie McDaniel was the first African American who has won an Academy Award

Dorothy Danbridge, 1st black woman nominated for best actress oscar

- Michael Jordan received the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama

- Kobe Bryant, first professional athlete to win an Oscar for Best Animated Short

Rihanna was honnered with the first-ever Icon Award

Michael Jackson has won 8 Grammy Award in one ceremony

Lena Horne, black singer/actress who won an award

Stokely Carmichael led the Black Power Movement

- Jordan Peele won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay

1984

2013

1949

1966

2018