<Ul> <Li> First African American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Charles Fuller for A Soldier's Play </Li> <Li> First African American inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach: Clarence Gaines (See also: New York Renaissance, 1963; Bob Douglas, 1972; Bill Russell, 1975) </Li> <Li> First African - American U.S. Army four - star General: Roscoe Robinson, Jr . </Li> <Li> First African - American woman to become a principal dancer of a major American ballet company: Debra Austin at Pennsylvania Ballet </Li> </Ul> <Li> First African American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Charles Fuller for A Soldier's Play </Li> <Li> First African American inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach: Clarence Gaines (See also: New York Renaissance, 1963; Bob Douglas, 1972; Bill Russell, 1975) </Li> <Li> First African - American U.S. Army four - star General: Roscoe Robinson, Jr . </Li>

The first known african american police officer served in 1861 in what city