black pop culture timeline

1890

George Washington Johnson was a pioneer sound recording artist because he's the first black american to have commercially recorded his songs to a music company

1936

In the field of athletics, the first black person is James Claveland Owens. He's considered the first american international black athlete. He was also recognised as one of the best sprinters of the interwar period

1939

The first Afican-american to win an Academy award is Hattie McDaniel, for her role as "Mammy" in Gone With the Wind. Despite this honourable award, she couldn't attend the preview of the movie because it took place in a cinema reserved for white colours' skin

1950

50's/60's

The new forms of dances called "charleston " and "texas tommy" are inspired by the dances offered by black-skinned people in restaurants. these dances were so well apprecited that they went around the world and were therefore known to the wole world

1971

Diahann Carroll, the star of the sitcom "Julia", become the first black woman to lead a network series. By obtaining this main role in the series, she defends the cause of black people but also that of womens in cinema wich isn't at all highlighted

2009

As for politics, many electors were black during the 20th century. But the election of Barack Obama still demonstates an evolution of black pop culture. By being the first black president of the USA, he has just completed this period of rising blacks in america

2013

The black Lives Matters movement is a social and political mouvementt that has emerged in the USAA. It was created by three womens, yo protest against police violence and radical inequalities faced by African-Ammaricans.