Bright and Morning Star | Compare and Contrast
1930s: Mary McLeod Bethune becomes the first African-American woman to receive a major appointment from the U.S. government when she is appointed the director of Negro Affairs of the National Youth Administration.
1950s: Jackie Robinson is named director of communications for NBC (National Broadcasting Company), becoming the first black executive of a major radio-TV network.
1990s: Oprah Winfrey becomes the first black woman to own her own television and movie production company.
1930s: Unemployment reaches as high as 25 percent of the...
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