Guion S. Bluford Jr. was the first African American to go into space when flew on the Challenger space shuttle in 1983.
Dr. Mae Jemison
Dr. Mae Jemison was the first African-American female astronaut to travel space on September 12, 1992 aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Mae Jemison became the first African American woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992.