Below you will find example sentences with "first black". The examples show how this phrase is used in real sentences and which words often surround it.

First Black in a sentence

About this phrase

  • Belongs to the word: first

Words in this phrase

first black

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • first can mean: Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest. Very common word
  • black can mean: Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless. Common word

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

became 5× woman 5× senator 4× american 4× mayor 4× governor 3× school 3× female 3× president 3× scott 2× south 2× carolina 2×

Related phrases

black friday first floor first lady first round wearing black black lives black hole black holes first inning first leg

Other phrases with this word

Other phrases with first:

first quarter 17× first two 10× first woman 10× first half 9×

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

first floor first lady first round first inning first leg first innings

Same ending:

wearing black historically black carbon black wore black hero black stanley black

Example types with first black

Below, the examples are grouped by length and sentence type:

Short example sentences

Thu, Feb 22: Black Panther features the first black superhero and a mostly black cast. (15 words)

Black History Month: In 2009, Alysa Stanton became the first Black woman ordained as a rabbi. (16 words)

He’s North Carolina’s first Black lieutenant governor and would become the state’s first Black governor as well. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

Curry, who became the first black presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in America, an equivalent of the Church of England, and a part of the Anglican communion, also became the first black Bishop to address a British royal wedding. (40 words)

As the first Black woman to graduate from a nursing school in the province, Scott paved the way for young Black women from Canada and the Caribbean to transform the face of nursing in Ontario over the next few decades. (40 words)

Organizers in Milwaukee’s Black community echoed that sentiment on the campaign trail in 2022, describing young Black voters as disaffected and tough to mobilize while working to elect Barnes as the state’s first Black U.S. senator. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

That appointment made Scott the first black senator from South Carolina, the first black Republican senator since Sen. Edward Brooke (R-MA) was defeated for reelection in 1978, and the first black Southern senator since Reconstruction.

Organizers in Milwaukee’s Black community echoed that sentiment on the campaign trail in 2022, describing young Black voters as disaffected and tough to mobilize while working to elect Barnes as the state’s first Black U.S. senator.

Thu, Feb 22: Black Panther features the first black superhero and a mostly black cast.

He served as the first Black chairman of the Georgia Democratic Party and the first Black governor’s floor leader in the General Assembly.

He’s North Carolina’s first Black lieutenant governor and would become the state’s first Black governor as well.

He was also the first Black certified architect in the western United States and the first Black member of the American Institute of Architects.

Close cited the education efforts of Congressman Oscar DePriest and Rev. John Jackons in 1929, and C. Edythe Taylor, who was the first black first black teacher in public schools of Hartford.

Steven Reed Becomes First Black Mayor Of Montgomery, Alabama Steven Reed will be the first black mayor of Alabama's capital since it was founded in 1819.

Curry, who became the first black presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in America, an equivalent of the Church of England, and a part of the Anglican communion, also became the first black Bishop to address a British royal wedding.

First Black Valedictorian Denied to Give Speech, Mayor IntervenesWhen Jaissaan Lovett graduated last month as his high school’s first black valedictorian, he prepared a speech — but he says his principal wouldn’t let him give it.

She is the first Black woman to ever achieve the feat and, if she wins, would make history once again as the country’s first Black female chief executive.

Sticking it to uppity black millionaires has been good for business since the first cretin came up with the lie that the first black president wasn’t born in this country, and well before that even.

The documentary features interviews with the first black, female United States Surgeon General, Dr. Jocelyn Elders, as well as Dr. Claudia Thomas, the first black, female orthopedic surgeon.

Washington was Chicago’s first black mayor and Harris was the first black woman to serve as ambassador and cabinet member under President Jimmy Carter.

William Gross Sworn In As Boston's First Black Police CommissionerWilliam Gross was sworn in as the city's first black police commissioner Monday.

In addition to being the first black manager in the major leagues with the American League's Indians, upon joining the Giants, he also became the first black manager in the National League.

When elected, she will be the first President from Generation X, and the first woman, the first Black American, and the first South Asian American to hold the office of Commander-in-Chief.

As the first Black woman to graduate from a nursing school in the province, Scott paved the way for young Black women from Canada and the Caribbean to transform the face of nursing in Ontario over the next few decades.

Black History Month: In 2009, Alysa Stanton became the first Black woman ordained as a rabbi.

During Munn’s tenure APS after Black community members and East Middle School band director Jimmy Day became Colorado’s first Black man to be named teacher of the year.