Over the years the celebration has become widely accepted and is now celebrated by the entire United States.
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* Tyra Banks is the first African American woman on the cover of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
* African American Charles R. Drew surgeon is often credited with the invention of the blood bank scale first.
* Engineering Society African American, David Crosthwaite Jr. created the heating of the Rockefeller Center in New York's Radio City Music Hall.
* In the year 1899 has been a fan of golf African American, Dr. George Franklin grant a patent for the world's first golf tee. Grant, however, not marketed his invention, but give discounts to friends and other golfers.
* Dr. Maulana Karenga produced the Afro-American holiday, Kwanzaa in 1966.
* African-American inventor Garrett Augustus Morgan produced the gas mask, it was save to use his mask for workers in a tunnel filled with toxic smoke made known.
* Jazz drummer William "Cozy Cole broke records in 1958 with the Billboard single" Topsy "if it was to sell the only drum solo on more than 1 million copies.
* Comedian Bill Cosby sitcom Cosby Show The 1984 bill, the sitcom was the highest for five consecutive years. The plan was released for eight years.
* Music legend Aretha Franklin is one of the most revered artists in Grammy history, with 20 victories date.
* In 1980, the guaranteed benefits, singer and songwriter Michael Jackson, the highest royalties in the music industry-37 percent of the album.