Where was the first African American to go to space?

The first African American man in space was Guion Bluford. his first flight was in 1983.

guion "guy" bluford was the first African American to go into space; however, the first black man to go into space as quoted by Wikipedia:

Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (born January 29, 1942) was the first Cuban cosmonaut and the first person from a country in the Western Hemisphere other than the United States to travel into earth orbit. He was also the first Hispanophone and first Black person in space