* 1919 Oscar Micheaux, 1919, wrote, directed and produced “The Homesteader” feature film.

* 1940 Hattie McDaniel won a Supporting Actress Oscar for “Gone With the Wind.”

* 1956 Nat King Cole became the first network TV show host with “The Nat King Cole Show.”

* 1958 Count Basie became the first male and Ella Fitzgerald the first female Grammy winners.

* 1961 Dorothy Gilliam became the first black woman reporter at “The Washington Post.”

* 1964 Sidney Poitier won Best Actor Oscar for “Lilies of the Field.”

* 1965 Bill Cosby became the first black star of a network television show in “I Spy.”

* 1969 Barbara Boyd joined WRTV-6 News in Indianapolis as a consumer reporter. She became the first African-American female to anchor a news show.

* 1979 Cathy Hughes founded the African-American radio network, Radio One. She is the first African-American woman to head a publicly traded company.

* 1986 Oprah Winfrey became the first black woman TV host with “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”

* 1991 For his film “Boyz n the Hood,” John Singleton was the first African-American to be nominated for a best director Oscar.

* 1993 Bob Herbert became the first black columnist at “The New York Times.”

* 2001 Halle Berry won a Best Actress Oscar for her role in “Mon-ster’s Ball.”