<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article possibly contains original research . Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations . Statements consisting only of original research should be removed . (June 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Nobel Prize is an annual, international prize first awarded in 1901 for achievements in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace . An associated prize in Economics has been awarded since 1969 . Nobel Prizes have been awarded to 881 individuals, of whom 15--1.7% - were black recipients . </P> <P> Blacks have received awards in three of six award categories: eleven in Peace, three in Literature, and one in Economics . The first black recipient, American Ralph Bunche, was awarded the Peace Prize in 1950 . The most recent as of 2017, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee, were awarded their Peace Prizes in 2011 . </P> <P> Two black laureates - Barack Obama and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf--were presidents of their countries when they were awarded the prize . As of 2015, fifteen Nobel Prize laureates have been black . </P>

First african american to win a nobel peace prize