Marshall was the first African American to sit on the court. In 1983, Guion Bluford became the first Black American astronaut in space aboard the Challenger as part of the STS-8 mission.

THIS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, NFL HALL OF FAMER BRIAN DAWKINS SHARES HOW DOCTOR GUION (GUY-ON) BLUFORD MADE HISTORY BY BECOMING THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO GO TO SPACE. THIS BLACK HISTORY MONTH ...

Astronaut Guion Bluford, the first African American in space; Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space; and Charles Drew, a surgeon known as the “Father of the Blood Bank,” are ...

Parents walking their kids kids to Philadelphia's Guion S. Bluford Elementary on the first day of school, September 5, 2023. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and ...